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E-training and "Webinars" - Learn more about your investment opportunities. Find out when our next e-training events will take place so you don’t miss your chance to learn from top leaders in the field.

09/02/2010 - IRA and 401k Business Financing Introduction
09/07/2010 - IRA LLC: The ultimate wealth-building tool
09/16/2010 - Self-Directed IRA Introduction
09/21/2010 - Buying a business without debt!
10/05/2010 - IRA LLC: The ultimate wealth-building tool
10/07/2010 - IRA and 401k Business Financing Introduction
10/19/2010 - Buying a business without debt!
10/21/2010 - Self-Directed IRA Introduction

5 Steps To Small Business Ownership Webinar Series

Watch Video - Investigate Small Business Financing Options
Watch Video - Due Dilligence When Buying a Business
Vew Presentation - Buying a Business in The Current Market
Watch Video - Finding the Right Small Business to Buy
Watch Video - How to Accurately Value a Small Business

5 Steps To Franchise Ownership Webinar Series - Determine whether franchising is right for you and your family.

Guidant News

06/22/2010 Franchise Expert Lori Kiser-Block Joins Guidant Financial Group
02/05/2010 Guidant Financial Group Launches 5-Steps to Small Business Ownership Webinar Series
02/03/2010 Guidant Financial Group & NextBigFranchise Join Forces to Educate Entrepreneurs
01/28/2010 Ten Reasons 2010 Will Be the Year of the Entrepreneur
11/10/2009 Experienced Executives and Managers are Opening Small Businesses
11/13/2009 Guidant Financial Unveils 5-Steps to Franchise Ownership
10/12/2009 New Business Boom Led by Baby Boomers
09/18/2009 Guidant Financial Group Makes Inc. 5000 list for the Second Straight Year
07/29/2009 Local Business Journal Honors Guidant Financial Group Co-Founder
05/13/2009 Guidant Co-Founder Named Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
03/20/2009 Guidant Named to Best of Bellevue List
12/08/2008 Self-Directed IRA Accounts up 30%
10/24/2008 Guidant Financial Group named one of the Fastest Growing Companies for Second Straight Year
09/30/2008 Self-Directed IRA Investors Stay the Course Despite Volatile Market
08/20/2008 Guidant Financial Group Makes Inc. 500 Thanks to 788.6% Three-Year Growth
08/19/2008 Survey Finds 95% of 401(k) Small Business Financing Clients Are Still in Business
07/29/2008 Volatile Economy Forces Asset Diversification for Self-Directed IRA Investors
07/15/2008 Nearly Half of New Business Owners Use Professional Consultants or Brokers
07/08/2008 Guidant Financial Group Receives 2008 Best of Bellevue Award
06/18/2008 Credit Crisis Fuels 131% Increase in Private Lending Since 2005
06/10/2008 A Third of New Business Owners Using IRA Funding Are Age 45-50
05/13/2008 Seasoned Professionals Leaving Corporate World to Go into Business for Themselves
05/08/2008 Washington CEO Magazine names 2008 Top Best Companies to Work for
05/07/2008 Guidant Financial Group CEO David Nilssen Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 Award Finalist in the Pacific Northwest
04/22/2008 Self-Directed IRA Company Posts Record Quarter and Helps Confirm Growing Interest in “Self-Directed” Investments
04/04/2008 Carrie Casanas and Barry Schnell Join Guidant Financial Group
02/28/2008 Washington Business Wins U.S. Chamber of Commerce Award for Second Year
01/14/2008 Stephan Roche of ShareBuilder to Join Guidant Financial Group as President and COO
12/03/2007 Record Quarter for Guidant Financial Group
11/19/2007 Self-Directed IRA Investors Find Good Real Estate Buys in Growing West and Northeast Regions
10/31/2007 Lease Options plus Soaring Foreclosures Equal Win-Win for Buyers and Sellers
10/29/2007 Guidant Financial Group Offers Clients New Payroll Service with Accuracy Guarantee
10/25/2007 Guidant Financial Group Named the 6th Fastest-Growing Private Company in Washington State
10/24/2007 Life Changing Experience Inspires Entrepreneur to Launch Coffee Roasting Business
10/23/2007 Growth Leads Guidant’s Recordkeeping Office to Relocate to Larger Facilities
10/22/2007 Axxiom Names Guidant as Preferred Funding Source for Franchisees
10.16.2007 Guidant Financial Group and Acquireo Join Forces to Educate Prospective Business Owners
10.15.2007 Self-Directed IRAs Fill Gap Created by Increasingly Elusive Home Equity Loans for Small Business Financing
10.08.2007 Slow Housing Market Has Little Effect on Investment Choices for Self-Directed Investors
09.29.2007 Laid-Off Corporate Worker Invests Retirement Funds in Entrepreneurial Endeavor
09.24.2007 Self-Directed IRAs Enable Investors to Take Advantage of Housing Slump
09.14.2007 Puget Sound Business Journal's “40 Under 40” Honors Guidant’s CEO
09.11.2007 Guidant Client Featured in the Wall Street Journal
08.31.2007 Guidant Clients Featured in the Seattle Times
08.30.2007 Guidant Featured in Boulder County Business Report
08.21.2007 Retirement Savings Hit All-Time High
08.08.2007 Recent Market Volatility Drives Investors to Broaden Investment Allocation
08.02.2007 Guidant Financial Hires Jim Winder as Business Development Manager
08.01.2007 US Gasoline Demand Hits All Time High in July
07.05.2007 Guidant Financial Recognized as one of the “Best Companies to Work For” by Washington CEO Magazine
06.25.2007 Displaced Workers Seize New Opportunities
06.24.2007 Guidant Client Featured in the LA Times
06.01.2007 Leader in Self-directed IRA Funding Opens Denver Office
05.24.2007 Yesterdays Autoworkers are Today’s Small Business Owners
05.21.2007 Guidant is one of "Washington’s Best 100 Companies to Work For"
05.17.2007 Guidant Financial Group Named Top Eastside Small Business for 2007
05.07.2007 Local Business and Charity Org Team Up to Rebuild Homes and Spirits
04.12.2007 SBA Names Guidant Financial Group Executives as National Entrepreneurs of the Year
04.06.2007 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Names Guidant Financial Group the Top Small Business in the Northwest
03.26.2007 Market Events Cause Concern over Personal Retirement Savings
03.19.2007 Executives Receive Top Small Business Award
02.22.2007 Expansion to Appleton, WI Announced
02.06.2007 Seattle Chapter of SCORE Website Launched
01.17.2007 Guidant Financial Group™ Launches New Website
12.01.2006 Guidant Client Featured in Entrepreneur Magazine
09.27.2006 Savvy Investors Profit from Rise in Foreclosure Rates
08.24.2006 Fizzling Stock Market Bolsters Non-Traditional Retirement Investing
07.01.2006 Entrepreneurship thriving in the eyes of our nation’s diverse population
04.27.2006 Franchise Business Review and Guidant Financial Group Join Forces
03.01.2006 Guidant Financial Group Opens Atlanta and Phoenix Offices

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