"Out of the Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope" ...........Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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EYB Fall Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
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EYB Fall Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
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July 13, 2024
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EYB is dedicated to building sustainable Businesses and Non Profits. This Training series offers growth strategies from all angles of running your Business. Grow your business with access to financial support, strategic business guidance, mentorship, and marketing support.
EYB Student teSTIMONY
"I had gone initially just to sit in on the class to check out how the overall process and method worked. I had no intention of taking the full class. I am the better for having gone through this process. I was able to identify my weaknesses and strengths through this program. I would rate it on a scale of 1-10, being a 9.5. Had the instructors provided hot chocolate it would have gotten a 10. . An Excellent program that anyone desiring to be an entrepreneur should attend. Those in business should attend. A great refresher course."
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About Our Instructors:
Oscar Edwards, CEO, Higher Growth Strategies, LLC and HGS Solutions, LLC.
Oscar Edwards is on the Finance Faculty for Los Angeles City College (LACC) and Long Beach City College (LBCC) of the Southern California Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program curriculum designed and managed by Babson College. Mr. Edwards has more than forty years of firsthand business experience operating as a CEO, COO, CFO and CMO for various business ventures. He currently serves as a principal advisor for Higher Growth Strategies, LLC (HGS) where he provides direct coaching, training and facilitation services for CEO’s and boards of small-mid cap companies. Oscar has an BA in Economics from UCLA, and an MBA in Finance/Marketing from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. His professional memberships include Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), California Association of Nonprofits (CAN) and as a former board member of Advantage CDC (a regional SBA lender) for 20 years. He is certified as a Virtual CEO-Solution Provider (CSP), Exit Map, Exit Advisor, and a True Storytelling Institute, Guide.
Regina Grant Peterson
Serves as the Assistant Facilitator and Administrator for the LA South Hope Foundation’s EYB Training Series.. Peterson has a BS Degree in Business Administration and a Masters in Public Administration both from Pepperdine University. She has over 35 plus years with local government in management, community development and economic development. She has extensive experience managing non-profits, both as a licensee of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) and 504 loan programs, and in community development. She has developed business development workshop series over the past 15 years She serves on several national community advisory boards providing small business financing and homeownership programs. She also serves on the LA South Chamber’s and Hope Foundation’s Executive Boards She is the Managing Member of Anchored Business Consulting Services, LLC.
Oscar Edwards, CEO, Higher Growth Strategies, LLC and HGS Solutions, LLC.
Oscar Edwards is on the Finance Faculty for Los Angeles City College (LACC) and Long Beach City College (LBCC) of the Southern California Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program curriculum designed and managed by Babson College. Mr. Edwards has more than forty years of firsthand business experience operating as a CEO, COO, CFO and CMO for various business ventures. He currently serves as a principal advisor for Higher Growth Strategies, LLC (HGS) where he provides direct coaching, training and facilitation services for CEO’s and boards of small-mid cap companies. Oscar has an BA in Economics from UCLA, and an MBA in Finance/Marketing from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. His professional memberships include Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), California Association of Nonprofits (CAN) and as a former board member of Advantage CDC (a regional SBA lender) for 20 years. He is certified as a Virtual CEO-Solution Provider (CSP), Exit Map, Exit Advisor, and a True Storytelling Institute, Guide.
Regina Grant Peterson
Serves as the Assistant Facilitator and Administrator for the LA South Hope Foundation’s EYB Training Series.. Peterson has a BS Degree in Business Administration and a Masters in Public Administration both from Pepperdine University. She has over 35 plus years with local government in management, community development and economic development. She has extensive experience managing non-profits, both as a licensee of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 7(a) and 504 loan programs, and in community development. She has developed business development workshop series over the past 15 years She serves on several national community advisory boards providing small business financing and homeownership programs. She also serves on the LA South Chamber’s and Hope Foundation’s Executive Boards She is the Managing Member of Anchored Business Consulting Services, LLC.