The document announces a 6-class series on entrepreneurship and corporate finance topics taught by Tarby Bryant over 12 weeks. The classes will be held from 5:30-7PM at the GNF Chamber of Commerce offices on September 27, October 11/25, November 8/21, and December 6. Non-chamber members must pay a $150 fee to attend. The classes will cover seed/early-stage capital, QuickBooks, business plans, corporate structure/capital structure, management teams, and business valuation.

1. ESS Class Dates:
Sept 27, Oct 11/25, Nov 8/21, Dec 6
By: Tarby Bryant, MBA, Adjunct Professor in Corporate Finance
6 Class Series taught over 12 week period….5:30-7PM
Complementary for GNF Chamber Members…Non-members- fee is $150.
1. Seed Capital 101-basics of what is seed and early stage capital, where to get it,
basics of Angel Investing vs. VC funding, basics on company valuation
2. QuickBooks-Introduction, chart of accounts, Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss
statements, invoicing, forecasting and payroll.
3. Business Plans, 1-2 page Executive Summary, 2 min Elevator Pitch and 20 min
PowerPoint Presentation
4. Corporate Structure & Optimum capital structure, cost of capital and finance
options for a small business to grow
5. Assembling your strong Management Team, Board of Directors and Board of
Advisors when you have no capital.
6. Valuation methodologies for a new pre-revenue business, pricing of stock
offering and exit strategies for early investors
[ Classes are to be held at The GNF Chamber of Commerce offices from 5:30-7pm
Call to reserve for these classes: Tarby Bryant 404-606-2193 or tarby.bryant@comcast.net
or Deborah Lanham 678-397-0567 or dlanhan@gnfcc.com
]
Mr. Bryant is a Finance Executive with 36 years of deal making experience and has operated a private Angel
capital and merchant banking company in New Mexico for 16 years and in Atlanta for 11 years. He has formerly
served as Chairman and CEO of the National Automobile Association and President & CEO of the Atlanta
Economic Development Corporation (AEDC). He also was CEO or Managing General Partner of six luxury Hotels
ranging in size from 19 to 500 rooms that included a Hyatt Regency, two Hiltons and a Stouffers. Current Civic
Involvement: Immediate Past President of Santa Fe Rotary Club, President of Santa Feans for Responsible Growth,
former Chairman of UNM-North Advisory Committee, Past President of SNAC, the umbrella organization for 18
home Owners Associations in NW Santa Fe and past associate Camp Director of Rotary's Camp RYLA. Founder and
operator of The Gathering of Angels, an Angel Forum with 2-5 meetings across USA to raise capital for seed and
early stage companies.
Honors: Five Outstanding Young Men in Atlanta (FOYM), Chairman of the Community Relations Commission in
Atlanta, Leadership Atlanta and Leadership Georgia, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, President of auto club
national trade association-AATA and on the executive committee of AIT, an international trade association for auto
clubs in Geneva, Switzerland.
Tarby Bryant Military: US Army Intelligence Officer in Saigon and Tay Ninh, Vietnam 1965-1966
Chairman & CEO of Sweetwater Capital Corporation, Education: BA in Economics from Davidson College (NC) and an MBA in Finance with high honors from Georgia
State University (GA). Adjunct Professor teaching Corporate and Entrepreneurial Finance, Marketing and Business
Founder & CEO of The Gathering of Angels. Plans, and Entrepreneurial Survival Skills at night at UNM, University of Phoenix and The College of Santa Fe.
Managing Partner of The Alpharetta Accelerator