Guidant Financial CEO David Nilssen to Speak on Access to Capital Panel on November 12

SEATTLE, Nov. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 

WHAT: Guidant Financial CEO and serial entrepreneur, David Nilssen, will speak on the panel Startups Start Here: Strategies from Entrepreneurs at the "Access  to  Capital:  Money  to  Main  Street"  conference  series  hosted by  Dun  &  Bradstreet  Credibility  Corp. on Nov. 12, 2013 at 10:45 a.m. PST. "Access to Capital: Money to Mainstreet" was started as an initiative to educate local small business owners about lending options and ways to help grow their companies. Since most large companies were once small businesses or startups, the focus of the panel is to learn from real entrepreneurs on how they grew their businesses from concept, to prototype, to growth. Nilssen was invited to speak about his personal experience as a serial entrepreneur, having launched a number of companies over the last 15 years including Guidant Financial, which has helped more than 8,000 entrepreneurs invest more than $3 billion in retirement funds since 2003.

Attendees will have the opportunity to partake in roundtables as well as one-on-one face time with more than 40 representatives from 21 financial institutions, including Guidant Financial. Guidant Senior Financing Consultant Troy Brockway will be available to discuss alternative small business financing options and how entrepreneurs can build their dream business.

About David Nilssen
A serial entrepreneur, David has launched a number of companies over the last 15 years within financing, real estate development, landscaping and property management. In 2003, David co-founded Guidant Financial and has been a featured speaker at over 350 national and international events, covering topics from entrepreneurship to small business financing. In addition, he and Guidant have been highlighted in such media sources such as CNBC, Fortune Magazine, Entrepreneur, CNN and The Wall Street Journal. In 2007, the Small Business Administration (SBA) named Nilssen the National Young Entrepreneur of the Year and the Puget Sound Business Journal named him one of the top 40 businesspeople under 40. In both 2008 & 2009, Ernst and Young named him a finalist for their coveted Entrepreneur of the Year award, and in 2011, David released a book called Making the Jump into Small Business Ownership and was named one of the Top 100 Small Business Influencers. David is a past president of the Seattle Entrepreneur Organization and a former Board advisor for Youth Ventures.  

SOURCE Guidant Financial