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The following is a transcript of my interview with Jason Buchanan of the North Carolina Credit Union located in Cullowhee, North Carolina

1. What is your official title:
• Credit Union Lending Officer

2. Could you describe a typical day at the credit union?
• A typical day fluctuates at the credit union. On a daily bases we can work with our customers with personal loans, credit cards, mortgages, or lending. Someone may walk in and want to join the credit union, or even buy a house; we then must switch our thinking and help them with this. We are here to take care of their needs from 8:30am to 5:30pm. We like to help our customers until it is time for us to lock up.

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Author: Alysia Suarez

The following interview with S. Briles Johnson (Director) and Alyssa Mako (Assistant Director) of The Women’s Business Center of North Carolina (WBC) took place on May 30, 2013. The WBC provides support to women owned businesses helping increase their chances of success through providing tools, training and networking opportunities to grow their companies. During the interview we talked about the different ways WBC helps female entrepreneurs be more successful in managing their business.

Q. Can you provide some background on The Women’s Business Center of North Carolina?
A. We are a nonprofit group that is really about helping to grow small businesses. The WBC is one department of an agency that is operating under a larger umbrella of the Carolina Institute of Minority Development. The institute is 25 years old and is a nonprofit that is state wide and operates two nonprofits focusing on supporting small businesses, the WBC and the Minority Business Development Agency. The Minority Business Development Agency focuses doing similar services, but within the minority community for ethnic minorities. The WBC has been around for 13 years and is funded by the US Small Business Administration (SBA) and The Carolina Institute of Minority Development. We talk with clients from anything from certification to business planning to options and strategies along with providing workshops in the community.

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Mr. Kinney’s Background:  Senior Employee of Morgan Stanley from 1986 – 2009, including Chief Operating Officer for Morgan Stanley Capital Group.  2001-2009.   Morgan Stanley Capital Group (MSCG) was the legal entity for the Commodities Trading Division which was active in the oil, power, metals, and agriculture markets globally.  During Mr. Kinney’s tenure MSCG invested in various existing or new businesses related to commodities.  In addition, the commodities division assisted clients in either providing financing of new ventures or to provide trading structures to allow new ventures to get bank financing.  MSCG had over 400 employees globally, primarily in New York, London and Singapore.

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