Fayetteville State EDA University Center

The FSU EDA University Center is gearing up for its Spring 2019 class, beginning March 16th! Want to start your business but clueless about where to begin? Want to expand but limited in your access to capital? Want your family & friends to stop asking for hookups? Come check us out! Class and all course materials provided free of charge. Contact [email protected] for additional information.

Fear of failure. Lack of information. No experience. Inadequate resources. Money. There are a host of reasons people desire entrepreneurship but hesitate to start their own businesses. The Fayetteville State University EDA University Center offers a FREE eight-week online course designed to teach the fundamentals of business and determine the viability of your business model. Participants that successfully complete the course are eligible to apply for capital to begin or expand their businesses! Interested in applying or know someone that is? Contact Program Director, Malika Mercer, at [email protected] or 910-672-1017 for additional information and an application. Our fall class begins October 22nd!

"Both women small business owners and small business owners of color are turned down for loans more often, and when they do get loans, those loans tend to be for less - sometimes significantly less - money, and come with a higher interest rate."

Access to Capital:Challenge for Women & Minority Business Owners The rate of small business loans being made by big banks still hasn’t recovered from the Great Recession. The ten largest banks lent $44.7 billion in 2014, from a high of $72.5 billion in 2006. If you’re a small business owner who has looked for a loan in the last seven years or so, this …