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Join Rotarians, the AltCap team, and RISE Community Partners March 11 at The Combine for meaningful connections and conversations around the RISE Microlending program. Network with like-minded professionals, hear insights from local business owners and AltCap staff, and learn how AltCap is helping fuel Kansas City's small business ecosystem. RSVP at https://buff.ly/XeZ7TGS

Join us for an intimate conversation with rapping brewery owner, visual artist, and entrepreneur Kemet Coleman. Listen as he shares his income streams, financial tools, balancing creativity vs. admin tasks, and more. RSVP for this FREE event on Wednesday, March 12 at 5:30 pm – which includes networking, complimentary food + drinks, and tours of Charlotte Street – at https://lnkd.in/g-nRPe6x. This SECRETS TO SUCCESS session is co-hosted by AltCap and the Charlotte Street Foundation.

Considering a business loan? Before applying, reflect on these five crucial questions to ensure it's the right move for your business. Our latest entrepreneur resource article guides you through this decision-making process. https://lnkd.in/gYRbcMYV

AltCap is excited to invite you to our first Happy Hour of the year on March 6! Join the AltCap team at Third Place Lounge — a 2024 AltCap Your Biz Finalist — for a Happy Hour gathering bankers, entrepreneurs, and partners for meaningful connections and conversations. Network with like-minded professionals, hear insights from local business owners and AltCap staff and learn how AltCap is helping fuel KC's small business ecosystem. https://buff.ly/4bjhNvw

“We have a small and mighty team." California's Small Business Development Corporation of Orange County (SBDC-OC) & AltCap California are working together to provide gap-filling loans in Southern California. Read more about this partnership here.

Do you ever wonder how they do it? Artists who seem to have it all together... AltCap and the Charlotte Street Foundation are highlighting and celebrating rapping brewery owner, producer, urbanist, marketer, visual artist, and entrepreneur Kemet Coleman on Wed, Mar. 12 at 5:30 pm. Join us for this SECRETS TO SUCCESS session, as Kemet generously and genuinely shares his experience navigating the twists and turns of growing his creative business. He'll touch on challenges, strategies, mindsets, resources, financial know-how, and more! RSVP for this FREE event – which includes networking, complimentary food + drinks, and tours of Charlotte Street – at https://buff.ly/4hK5ASQ.

Kansas entrepreneurs and non-profits, check out this grants roundup from the Kansas Department of Commerce. Tons of opportunities for historic preservation, education, arts and more! https://buff.ly/42WmU2s

We've been disheartened to see so many KC businesses experience vandalism lately. If your business in KCMO has been vandalized, please check out this grant program from the City of Kansas City, MO. They have 2 grant options to help you recover from and deter vandalism. And if you need more capital to get back on track, please contact us. We're always happy to discuss options if you can't access traditional financing options. https://buff.ly/4guvQPB

Congrats to this amazing group of organizations! Learn more about the six coalitions of organizations earning grants through Kauffman Foundation’s new ‘Collective Impact’ funding pathway.

Want to learn more about ARTcap microloans for creative entrepreneurs? Register for a free virtual info session at www.altcap.org/ARTcap to learn more about the program, terms, and more.