Finance expert Mike Periu on the SBA efforts to help small businesses with a Business Recovery Center in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
November 08, 2012 The Small Business Administration has opened a business recovery center in Staten Island to assist business owners affected by Hurricane Sandy. The center has a team of SBA staff available to offer personalized support to owners that have experienced physical damage to their businesses or lost revenues due to the hurricane.
Staff members are available to help complete applications for disaster-recovery loans, up to $2 million.
Who is Mike Periu?
Mike Periu is the President of Proximo, LLC, a company that markets education and training programs to small business owners, entrepreneurs and consumers.
Mike Periu has been interviewed over 500 times for broadcasters including CNN, NBC TVE, RTE and others. Mike is a contributing author to OpenForum, Yahoo! Finanzas and the Huffington Post.
Mike graduated from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. His degrees are in Finance and International Business. In addition to his work Mike is also on the Board of the Council for Economic Education.
A little about Mike Periu
Periu founded Proximo, LLC nearly 15 years ago. The company provides small business education and training services with an emphasis on finance and technology.
Periu teaches empowerment through entrepreneurship and economic opportunity. He regularly appears on television and radio talking about these subjects.
Periu also writes for leading blogs about finance. These include: American Express OpenForum, Yahoo! Finanzas and the Huffington Post.
Periu studied Finance and International Business at Georgetown University. He is a Board member at the Council for Economic Education.
