In this presentation:

- WOSB/EDWOSB programs trending up

- Eligibility criteria

- Understanding the application process

- Taking full advantage of the WOSB/EDWOSB programs

- Maintaining eligibility and avoiding pitfalls

- Q&A

- Excerpt from Eligibility criteria:

Must be a SMALL business:

- Size of a firm includes any affiliates

- Multiple ways that affiliation can arise

- Key is when one firm controls or has the power to control the other, or a third party or parties control or have the power to control both, even if this control is not exercised (13 C.F.R. § 121.103)

- Can have affiliates, but must be small combined