12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Thinking of turning your side hustle into a full-time business? Come learn how to make your dream a reality. A banking professional will teach you the legal and financial steps necessary to become a full-fledged and sustainable business.

Cost: Free

Guest Speaker:Jim Peterson, Vice President & Business Relation Manager at M & T Bank

Jim Peterson is the Vice President and Business Banking Relationship Manager for M&T Bank. In that role he focuses on owner occupied and investment commercial real estate purchases and refinances, start up financing (M&T is the #1 SBA Lender in the Mid-Atlantic), equipment purchases, working capital lines of credit, general deposit services, treasury management and merchant services. Prior to M&T Bank he served in the Mayor’s Office of Minority & Women Owned Businesses as the Outreach Coordinator for the Baltimore City Small Business Resource Center.