814 Deb Curtis: Acquisition Finance

How to Escape the Corporate Glass Ceiling

We all know the stats: Women founders get only 2% of the available venture capital money, a stat that hasn’t changed in more than 2 decades.

It’s a challenge made even more difficult in these days of high interest rates as many VCs are sitting on mountains of what they call “dry powder”, drastically curtailing new investments. Meantime the banks aren’t lending much either, not that it was ever easy for women launching or growing early-stage businesses to get loans.

Deb Curtis is on a mission to change the game for female and minority founders of small businesses.

She’s an expert in small business lending, with a focus on what is available for women from the Small Business Administration, better known as the SBA. If you got an EIDL loan during Covid, you know that SBA financing is not the easiest to navigate, and Deb says it is much easier if you choose a different entrepreneurial path – that is, buying a business that already exists. Deb specializes in acquisition finance, and says women have more opportunities for funding the purchase of a business.

More about Deb Curtis at debcurtis.com

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Deb Curtis is the Founder of Curtis Small Business Finance Solutions, specializing in SBA business acquisition lending and ownership transitions. Over a 30-year corporate tenure, Deb worked as a business lender for a finance company, big banks, regional banks, and community banks, and now she focuses on helping women finance their small businesses and acquire companies.

Earn your Wings toward buying a small business with a 50% discount on Deb’s engagement fee. Email Deb at deb@debcurtis.com ‘WINGS50’ to earn the discount.

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