{"id":12025,"date":"2024-05-09T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T13:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=12025"},"modified":"2024-05-09T13:43:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T13:43:12","slug":"black-wall-street-community-development-to-host-speed-funding-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/09\/black-wall-street-community-development-to-host-speed-funding-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Wall Street Community Development to Host Speed Funding Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alissa Mauter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Truth Staff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Black Wall Street Community Development is collaborating with Toledo JuneteenthNY to hold a Speed Funding Event on June 13. In preparation for that event, which will connect area Black-owned business owners with potential funders, the BWSCD is hosting a series of sessions in April and May designed to provide information to area Black businesses owners that will help them grow their businesses and prepare them to meet with funders.<\/p>\n

On May 3, about 20 business owners met at The Entrepreneurs Club on Fassett Street to hear Alissa Mauter, CEO and founder of groundup Creative Agency, discuss branding strategies.<\/p>\n

\u201cBranding is not just marketing and advertising,\u201d said Mauter to open her talk. \u201cBranding is how you are speaking to your audience \u2026 how people are perceiving what you are doing \u2026 how you are creating a space outside of your business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mauter is an entrepreneur and business professional. She attended The Ohio State University earning a bachelor\u2019s degree from the John Glenn College of Public Affairs. She works with business brands and individual brands through various services \u2013 consulting, social media management, photography, web design and graphic design.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cWhen we are talking about branding, goal setting is so important,\u201d she advised her audience of entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

She further advised her listeners to:\u00a0 have an understanding of your brand \u2026 know why you need money when you are asking funders \u2026 develop a strategy to obtain funding \u2026 develop an ability to speak confidently about your brand \u2026 use additional funding to help you get to the next level.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowth takes structure, planning and funding,\u201d Mauter cautioned. \u201cBut funding at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s session was designed to last for an hour, including a question and answer period. Afterwards the attendees were able to network and exchange information.<\/p>\n

The Black Wall Street Community Development, founded by area Black-owned media \u2013 The Juice radio station, The Sojourner\u2019s Truth newspaper and Stalwart magazine \u2013 is holding a series of such sessions \u2013 \u201cScaling Your Biz;\u201d \u201cFinancial SnapShot;\u201d \u201cBusiness Plans;\u201d \u201cMarketing and Advertising\u201d in upcoming weeks.<\/p>\n

There will also be a general networking meeting at The Entrepreneurs Club on June 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Truth Staff The Black Wall Street Community Development is collaborating with Toledo JuneteenthNY to hold a Speed Funding Event on June 13. In preparation for that event, which will connect area Black-owned business owners with potential funders, the BWSCD is hosting a series of sessions in April and May designed to provide information to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[229],"class_list":["post-12025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12028,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12025\/revisions\/12028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12025"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=12025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}