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Background
Ashley Taylor is a Financial Service and Loan Approving Officer at the State Employee’s Credit Union (SECU) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She’s worked for SECU the past four years and has received several promotions along the way. Ashley started as a Financial Services Representative and has worked her way up to a Financial Services Officer III with Tier 2 approving loans, meaning she can approve up to $30,000 for a car loan, $200,000 for a mortgage loan, and $15,000 for an unsecured loan or credit card. Ashley was extremely helpful and actually gave me a personal loan evaluation based on some basic information about my lifestyle and income.

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I have an opportunity to interview Steven Aft – a successful entrepreneur of State Farm Insurance, Murphy NC. Steve came from Atlanta GA several years ago, purchased a successful existing franchise who previous owner  retired. With in the past few days at The Chamber of Commerce dinner and received to his surprise a very prestigious award for giving back to the community more than any others, which include free sneaker for kids program, college scholarship…

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Taisir El-Souessi
Interview with Women’s Net

As a female entrepreneur, I am of course interested in opportunities that support the growth of women in business. I reached out the advisory board of Women’s Net for this interview. It is comprised of several female entrepreneurs and they offer grants to women-owned businesses. See below for their thoughts on choosing recipients and on women in business.
You can find out more about them at https://ambergrantsforwomen.com/about-us/

1. When an entrepreneur comes to you for funding, what are the most important traits you look for before considering them as a potential grant recipient?

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