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Thursday, May 1, 2025 @ Innovation Portal

Want to start or grow a business but unsure how to fund it? Join us at MoneyFest, a day dedicated to helping you understand the complicated world of business finance. Hosted by Innovation Portal on May 1st, this event offers a friendly, informative day with experts in business funding. Learn about various funding options, how to talk about them in everyday language, and hear real-life stories from those who've already been down this path.

Participants will enjoy a variety of sessions designed to equip them with practical knowledge and networking opportunities to find the right funding options. So come engage in breakout sessions, panel discussions, and one-on-one meetings with industry professionals to explore the right funding paths for your business venture.

Thanks to our sponsors, this event is free of charge to the community and it’s a perfect opportunity for anyone interested in learning about business funding in a straightforward, no-pressure environment.

For more information or to register for your spot now, RSVP above or reach out to Innovation Portal Program Staff at programs@innovation-portal.com.

Join us at MoneyFest to demystify business funding and unlock the potential of your business.

About Innovation Portal:

Innovation Portal is a nonprofit incubator and innovation hub dedicated to accelerating the growth of startup businesses across southwest Alabama and the central Gulf Coast. Offering more than just workspace, Innovation Portal is a community where entrepreneurs, innovators, and creatives come together to launch and grow their ventures.

EVENT SCHEDULE (Subject to Change)

8:00 AM   8:30 AM:  Registration and Welcome Breakfast 

8:45 AM   9:30 AM:  Opening Keynote: TBA  

Speaker: TBA

9:45 AM   10:30 AM:  Panel Discussion: TBA  

Panelists: TBA 

10:45 AM   11:30 AM: Breakout Sessions (Choose one to attend) 

"TBA" - TBA

"TBA" - TBA

"TBA" - TBA

11:30 AM    12:15 PM: Capital Conversations (one-on-one’s with bankers)

Scheduled 15 minute conversations with local bankers

12:15 PM   1:00 PM:  Networking Lunch w/ Entrepreneur Panel

Moderator: TBA

Panelists: TBA

1:00 PM   1:45 PM:  Breakout Sessions (Choose one to attend)

"TBA” - TBA

2:00 PM   2:45 PM:  TBA

Speakers: TBA

3:00 PM   3:45 PM:  TBA

Panelists: TBA

4:00 PM   4:30 PM:  Closing Remarks

Todd Greer, Innovation Portal 

4:30 PM   5:30 PM:  Networking Mixer

MoneyFest 2025 is made possible through our sponsors and partners:

***Additionally, this program was prepared by Innovation Portal using Federal funds under award MB23OBD0340330 from the Minority Development Business Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Minority Development Business Agency or the U.S. Department of Commerce.