Starting a business begins way before you open your doors or make your first sale. You might be ready to make money, but are you financially in position to do business? Having an uncommon money mindset makes all the difference and this panel of experienced entrepreneurs and financial experts will help you get your mind right! Sharing from their own hard-earned money lessons and challenges, this conversation will explore how to prepare your personal finances for entrepreneurship, building your business with sustainability and scalability from the start, and being fiscally fit for smooth pandemic pivoting.

Featured Panelist:

Robert Johnson Esq. - Chief Economic Inclusion Officer and General Counsel for the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago

Shantel Hampton - Business Banking Relationship Manager in the Community Development group at CIBC

Sherman Wright - Co-Founder & Managing Partner of TEN35

Pamela Randle - V.P. Sr. Business Consultant Chase Bank