Surviving and Thriving in the Credit Crunch...conference in Seattle

The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is sponsoring their 'Northwest Growth Financing Conference' on August 7th at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle.

A quick look at the titles of the break-outs tell the story:

• Private Equity: There's Plenty Of It, How to Get It
• The Credit Crunch: Surviving and Thriving
• Mezzanine Debt: A Viable Source of Growth Capital in Good Times and Bad
• Structuring the Debt Component of Leveraged Transactions During Tumultuous Credit Markets

In fact, the only title that does not sound dire is the 'Middle Market Financing Roundup and Northwest Wine Tasting"!

For business lenders working through their first economic downturn, this is a great time to come up to speed on all the options your business borrowers may need, including those they can get elsewhere.

Mezzanine Debt is a great example: an option for "middle market" companies that are unable to finance growth through internally generated funds or via traditional bank lending and want to limit dilution necessitated by an equity investor.

• Do you know when it is a good option?
  
• Do you know who to recommend they talk to if it is?
  
• How can you find out?

Check out the upcoming conference at www.acgseattle.org