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FY 2005 Native American CDFI Technical Assistance Grant |
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September 2005 - SOAR Growth Capital has been awarded an FY 2005 Native American CDFI Technical Assistance Grant from the U.S. Department of the Treasury Community Development Financial Assistance Institutions Fund. SOAR Growth Capital, LLC, of Scottsdale, AZ, seeks to create a certified community development financial institution that will provide venture capital to businesses in Native Communities. SOAR will use the technical assistance grant to: | | Develop all legal documentation required for the fund's formation. | | | Develop governance bodies, and policies and procedures. | | | Conduct education and outreach programs for tribes and other Native communities. | | | Establish a nationwide web-based communication base for Tribes, their businesses, and Tribal entrepreneurs to access the fund. | | | Purchase fund administration, accounting, and reporting software. |
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Creating value through proactive and targeted planning, business creation, and investment. |
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ARENAS IN WHICH WE OPERATE |
- Tribal Capacity Building Arena
- Strategic Planning Arena
- Economic Diversification Arena
- Financing and Investment Arena
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WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT |
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HOW WE DO IT
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- We balance culture and the latest techniques and technology in shaping tribal futures
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- We know the building blocks of tribal strategy and create high profile, results driven strategic plans.
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- We build the systems, skill sets and institutional capacity for economic diversification.
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- We build the value bridge for tribal growth by helping you change the tribal business/ investment model, and create diversification portfolios that balance risk with return, and address multiple tribal goals.
- We teach you how to look at economic development in new ways and use support tools to achieve long-term growth.
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- We help you plan for what you want rather than what you have.
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- We know how to target opportunities and evaluate the entire economic development spectrum.
- We help you choose and apply the appropriate economic analysis model and value businesses, current or proposed.
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- We find you money and connect to external resources and networks.
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- We help you find the type of funding or investment right for you.
- We scan and expand your investment radar screen, opening new funding sources.
- We help you focus on investor decision criteria.
- We know how to structure deals to achieve your goals and keep you from getting burned.
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- Contact us on joining our expanding networks.
- Contact us regarding your on-site training and technical assistance needs in selected service arenas (see front page).
- Participate in our select highly professional interactive workshops in 2004:
DUE DILIGENCE
How you gain the advantage through applying top notch industry standards for screening deals through tribal due diligence. The key points to assess whether a deal is attractive for you, what to require of your prospective partners, and what capacities you need to keep your end of the bargain. Case studies on how to handle deals that come to you.
ACCESS TO CAPITAL
Networking for new money sources and matchmaking tribes with investors. Types of investments, investor decision criteria, and how you get into the game. Perspectives of successful players and how to make sovereignty happen in business and investment terms.
COUPLING TRIBAL DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY WITH ENTERPRISE BUSINESS PLANS - Showing tribes which are the most advantageous businesses to enter or expand, based on state-of-the-art economic and value tools. Satisfying diverse tribal objectives through a business portfolio approach. Enterprise strategies, business cases, and scenarios that get you to the top, deal productively with uncertainty, and track performance by "measuring what counts." |
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- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
- Lead facilitator and report writer for all regional workshops of the Native American Lending Study/Action Plan.
- Co-authors of report to Congress and White House on Native American Lending Study.
- Authors of first national research on Equity Investment in Indian Country.
- United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
- Research on venture capital needs among member tribes.
- Recommended structure and governance of an inter-tribal Community Development Venture Capital Fund.
- Ho-Chunk Nation
- Economic Diversification Strategy and Implementation Plan
- Economic Planning and Analysis Tool Kit
- Economic Diversification Training session for Legislature and Tribal staff, including live due diligence workshop on how to analyze deals.
- Acoma Business Enterprises
- Corporate Strategic Planning
- Enterprise performance management systems
- Scenarios to anticipate and adapt to competitive threats
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© 2005, SOAR COLLABORATION, All rights reserved.
14358 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. Suite 8, 85260 Scottsdale, AZ USA 480.477.7767
4425 Juan Tabo Blvd. NE, Suite 200, 87111 Albuquerque, NM USA 505.323.1612
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