Recap Content
Experience the 2023 OFN Small Business Finance Forum through the videos included on this page, the many photographs of sessions, tours and gatherings, as well as links to session content.
You can also search hashtags #SBFF23 and #SBFF2023 on social media (Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook) to see what attendees and other supporters had to say about this year’s forum!
Explore the Plenary Sessions
Opening Plenary and Welcome Remarks
CDFIs and the SBA: Partners in Promoting Economic Development
Seizing the Moment: How CDFIs Can Adapt and Thrive in the Changing Small Business Lending Landscape
Wall of Fame
Enjoy a day-by-day look at the people who make our industry and #SBFF incredible.
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Keep the #SBFF23 conversation going on social media and CDFI Connect!
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— Harold Pettigrew, Opportunity Finance Network
“Clearly CDFIs were tremendous in partnering with the SBA [on PPP] and ensuring especially towards the end that capital got deployed to the smallest of the small businesses, to the solopreneurs, as well as women and people of color, rural communities, veterans.”
— Isabel Casillas Guzman, U.S. Small Business Administration
Session Resources
Breakout session presentation materials are available for free on CDFI Connect.*
*See the “2023 OFN Small Business Finance Forum” category in the left-hand menu and select “+” to expand the folder and access breakout session materials per forum day.
Media
- Blog Recap: Equitable Small Business Financing Takes Center Stage in Chicago
- Press Release: Small Business Finance Forum overview
- Press Release: Opportunity Finance Network Launches NextGen CDFI Workforce Initiative
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