Fund Ready

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As an entrepreneur, it’s easy to focus all your energy on growing the business. Getting customers, increasing revenue, optimizing operations and managing cash flow are all critical to the day-to-day of owning a small business. However, one of the most important conversations often gets pushed aside: your personal financial health and long-term equity.

That was the focus of Lunch & Learn featuring leaders from Prudential Financial. The discussion centered on a simple, but powerful idea: strong businesses are built by financially healthy individuals.

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As a Community Development Financial Institution, we approach lending differently than traditional financial institutions. We do not just examine and make decisions based on credit scores but specialize in ways to help clients who may have difficulty accessing capital from traditional means. We assist entrepreneurs in growing economically stable businesses by helping them secure access to funds. Additionally, we provide the resources and know-how to close the racial funding gap to help make our clients bankable.

What is Fund Ready?

Welcome to Fund Ready, a podcast series brought to you by the Greater Newark Enterprises Corporation, where we prepare New Jersey small business owners to successfully raise capital from community development financial institutions and other alternative sources.