Your Credit & You

Presented in partnership with the
Hudson County Economic Development Corporation

Personal credit plays an important role in your business. Small or start-up businesses have not had the chance to establish business credit, so their access to capital is tied directly to the credit of the owners. In this workshop, we’ll cover:

• What are credit scores
• Credit myths
• How are credit scores calculated
• Changing your credit score
• What types of financing are available
• What lenders look for

In addition to these items, we’ll distribute a sample credit report and go through the details with you to give you a hands-on experience of interpreting a credit report.

Learn from an expert

Erich Peter
Director of Training and Technical Assistance

Erich brings a unique blend of corporate and small business experience to his position at UCEDC.  He began his career in the public accounting industry, working with a wide variety of businesses and then went  on to hold various management and financial roles in the energy industry.

Having built a solid foundation of business acumen, Erich then took the entrepreneurial plunge as the owner/operator of a printing company.  After a successful six-year tenure, Erich sold the business and joined the UCEDC team in his current role.

With his real-world appreciation of the challenges that small business entrepreneurs face, Erich brings the right combination of theory and practice to his training events.