Business Impact NW
Gwen K. is an experienced professional in small business development and financial coaching, currently serving as a Loan Readiness Advisor at Business Impact NW since May 2023. Gwen K. is the Founder and Lead Financial Coach at Firefly Financials, and has held roles such as Office Coordinator at the University of Puget Sound's School of Business and Leadership. Previous experience includes coordinating the Spaceworks Incubator program, managing the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, founding The STEAM Vent, and co-founding Social Contract It. Gwen K. has also worked as a cook and photographer for Gold Rush Sled Dog Tours and as an Outdoor Science Educator at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Educational qualifications include a Master's degree in Business Administration from Western Governors University and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Drew University.
This person is not in any teams
Business Impact NW
Business Impact NW provides coaching, classes, and capital to meet the needs of low/moderate-income business owners and underserved areas in Washington and Oregon; particularly, serving women, persons of color, veteran, immigrant, and LGBTQ+ owned businesses in order to create positive economic impact within these communities. Business Impact NW offers financing and coaching services at every stage in a business’s development. Through our in-house programs, we offer support classes and one-on-one counseling for all entrepreneurs, from startup to established business ownership. As a community lender, we offer business loans from $5,000-$350,000 to qualified small business entrepreneurs. We also focus on partnerships across the Pacific Northwest in order to deliver robust opportunities. This collaboration includes credit unions, banks, corporations, private foundations and gov’t agencies including the SBA and CDFI; local gov’t HUD and economic development departments; our own robust training/coaching programs with the WA Women’s Business Center and the Veterans Business Outreach Center; and diverse local community development not-for-profit partner organizations.