Capital Access for Small Business

Hear about new strategies to encourage greater credit availability for bankable and near-bankable small businesses and increased investment capital for venture-stage and small businesses. 

Moderator 
Tom Borman, chair of Governor Mark Dayton's Access to Capital Task Force; director, Tradition Capitol Bank

Panelists
Richard Venegar, president and CEO, Milestone Growth Fund

Howard Bicker, executive director, Minnesota State Board of Investment

David Beito, president, Northern State Bank 

Sen. David Tomassoni, District 5, Minnesota State Senate

Kathleen Tune, partner, Thomas McNerney & Partners  

Mark Phillips, commissioner, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

Alan Wilensky, former deputy for taxation at the U.S. Department of the Treasury; partner, Dorsey and Whitney