(BUSINESS WIRE) -- As part of its commitment to serve the needs of small businesses, Citibank today launched a nationwide campaign to celebrate National Small Business Week through the entire month of May. For the next month, Citibank branches across the United States will engage in a variety of activities and events to clearly demonstrate to local businesses how important they are to the fabric of our communities and to the overall economy -- and that Citibank is here to meet their needs.
Among the many events that Citibank will host:
-- May 3 -- Risk seminar with Jonathan Clements, Director of Financial Education, Citi Personal Wealth Management, in San Francisco
-- May 13 -- Business assistance workshop with the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County
-- May 19 -- Hospitality workshop in New York City with restaurateur Danny Meyer
-- May 19 -- Financial empowerment workshop with Duman Microenterprise Center and Chicago Community Ventures in Chicago
-- May 24 -- Washington Business Journal breakfast panel discussion in Washington, D.C.
-- May 26 -- Business seminar in Philadelphia featuring small business expert, New York Times columnist and business owner Gene Marks
(Original article appears in Business Wire.)
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As a part of National Small Business Week, CCV will be co-hosting the Citi-sponsored financial empowerment workshop, also named Business Capital: Preparing for Investment. This workshop will cover entrepreneurial financing from a number of angles, teaching you what your business needs in order to obtain financing and outlining the process of preparing for different types of investment (equity, debt and angel). See below for details and registration.
Business Capital Workshop
Event Details
9 a.m.-12 p.m., Thursday, May 19
Citicorp Center, 500 W. Madison, Chicago
3rd floor check-in (starts at 8:30 a.m.)
Sponsored by CitiBank, this event is free for attendees but pre-registration is required. Please click here to register.
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