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When your business is ready to grow, access to capital is critical. Make plans NOW to attend Plan, Practice, Pitch – Accessing Capital to Grow your Business on October 15, 2025.

The all-day conference features lively discussions with area lenders and organizations for traditional, non-traditional, and special financing programs. Learn who has the capital, how to access the capital, and where to obtain no-cost assistance and resources to assist you in accessing capital and creating a successful growth strategy for your business.

Come prepared to Network with lenders, funding programs, and business resources.

Lunch will be provided.

LOCATION

Biloxi Civic Center

578 Howard Avenue

Biloxi, MS 39530

October 15 | 9:00am-3:00pm

No-Cost Event

AGENDA

Start End Description Contact
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM 8:00 AM 8:45 AM Event Registration / Networking / Continental Breakfast Shirley Tucker, Extension Specialist, Mississippi SBDC Network
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM 8:45 AM 9:00 AM Opening Remarks LaShaundra McCarty, Director, Mississippi SBDC @ The Gulf Coast
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM 9:00 AM 9:30 AM IRS Presentation Anitra Eubanks, IRS Jackson MS Office
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM SBA Presentation Derek Eady and Team
10:00 AM – 10:10 AM 10:00 AM 10:10 AM Break
10:10 AM – 10:40 AM 10:10 AM 10:40 AM Understanding Your Business Credit 101 Anthony Montgomery, Hancock Whitney
10:40 AM – 12:00 PM 10:40 AM 12:00 PM Traditional / Non-Traditional Lender Panel Hancock Whitney; Regions Bank; Cadence Bank; Community Bank; SMPDD; Hope Credit Union; RCLF; Dreamspring; HW SBA Lender
12:00 PM – 12:15 PM 12:00 PM 12:15 PM Break / Pickup Lunch
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM 12:15 PM 1:15 PM Lunch & Learn: Affordable Housing / Home Equity RCLF and Hancock Whitney
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM 1:15 PM 2:00 PM AI Need to Know in 2025 Dr. Alexandria White, Mississippi SBDC Network
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM 2:00 PM 2:45 PM Conference Forum / Q&A TBD
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM 2:45 PM 3:00 PM Closing Remarks

SPECIAL THANKS

TO OUR PARTNERS

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