Join the Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 5:30 pm, as we discuss “Creating a Financing Strategy for Your Business.”

 

The right financing enables a business to grow to its full potential but what is the right strategy for your business? In this presentation, Logan Metcalfe will discuss how to customize a financing strategy to match your business based on:

- Stage of development of your business
- Growth potential of your company
- Amount of financing needed
- Purpose for which you need financing 
- Method and timing for paying back financing
- Reputation/finances of you and your team

The presentation will outline the main types and sources of financing with discussion focusing on equity, convertible debt, bank debt and grants. Learn how to create a financing strategy to match your business!

 

Logan Metcalfe is founder of Arena Consulting that provides CFO and business consulting services to companies experiencing or anticipating rapid growth. 

Logan joined Immaculate Baking Co. in 2003 where he served as CFO / COO for five and a half years and helped it become America’s leading brand of all-natural refrigerated cookie dough. He crafted the company’s business plan, established key financial and operational processes and raised over $7.6MM in angel and venture capital investment. 

Prior to Immaculate, Logan was a Senior Management Consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton in Sydney and New York, where he consulted for several Fortune 100 companies and helped establish an initiative to accelerate the development of high impact technology start-ups.

 

Logan graduated from the University of Auckland with degrees in Business and Arts and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. Logan also serves as Treasurer for YouthBASE that helps kids overcome serious behavioral, academic, social and emotional difficulties, enabling them to unlock their potential to become contributing members of society. 

 

Co-sponsored by the Asheville Renaissance, the cost to attend the presentation is $25, which includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Again, the event is September 29, 2009 at 5:30 pm. Register online at www.brecnc.com or contact Pam Lewis for more information at plewis@awnc.org.

 

About the Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council and AdvantageWest Economic Development Group
The Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council, or BREC, is an initiative of AdvantageWest Economic Development Group, the economic development commission serving the 23 westernmost counties of North Carolina. BREC is a nurturing organization for entrepreneurs in Western North Carolina that focuses on education, networking and mentoring, communications and capital formation. For more information about BREC programs and opportunities, visit www.brecnc.com or the BREC page on Facebook. To learn more about the job creation programs of AdvantageWest, visit www.advantagewest.com or call 828-687-7234.