Build Financial Confidence.
Strengthen Your Business.
Become Capital Ready.
2026 Summer Series
Strong businesses are built on strong financial foundations. Whether you are preparing to secure funding, scale operations, or simply gain greater control over your business, understanding your financials is no longer optional—it is essential.
The Financial First Bootcamp is an intensive summer capital readiness series is designed to empower women entrepreneurs associated with the military to develop the financial knowledge and systems necessary to make informed business decisions and prepare for long-term success.
IS THIS BOOTCAMP RIGHT FOR YOU?
This program is ideal for women entrepreneurs who are ready to:
Strengthen their accounting and financial management practices
Improve cash flow management and financial decision-making
Understand and confidently interpret business financial statements
Prepare for loans, grants, contracts, or other capital opportunities
Finish the year with a stronger fourth quarter and a solid financial strategy for continued growth
You must attend the full series to graduate.
MEET YOUR TRAINER:
Michael Bailey is Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Community Reinvestment Act Officer (CRA) for American First National Bank. In this role, he oversees the financial institutions’ Corporate Compliance Program and, coordinating with the legal counsel, is responsible for establishing standards and policies pertaining to regulatory requirements to help ensure legal, and proper conduct, for making sure these standards are communicated and institutionalized across the Financial Institution, and for monitoring the financial institutions’ compliance with these standards and policies. As CRA Officer, Mr. Bailey sets lending, investment, and community service targets and manages numerous activities required to achieve the financial institutions CRA objectives.
Before his current role, Mr. Bailey was SVP, Bank Secrecy Act Officer. He was responsible for coordinating and monitoring day-to-day Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing compliance and charged with managing all aspects of the BSA/AML compliance program and with managing the bank’s adherence to the BSA and its implementing regulations.
Prior to joining American First National Bank, Mr. Bailey worked at Briggs and Veselka, where he was a Senior Auditor. In this capacity, he executed control testing focused on credit, operational, compliance, financial reporting and technology risk and for interviewing business process owners to create process documentation, executing test work, and independently documenting audit findings.
Mr. Bailey has more than 19 years of experience in the financial services industry. He received his BBA-Accounting degree from the University of Houston, Bauer College of Business.
SIX INTERACTIVE SESSIONS:
Over six interactive sessions, participants will move beyond simply generating revenue to understanding what lenders, investors, and financial institutions expect from businesses seeking capital. Through hands-on instruction, guided exercises, and practical business development assignments, participants will organize their financial records, develop accurate financial statements, improve cash flow management, and build the financial confidence needed to lead a growing business.
By the conclusion of the series, participants will have established or strengthened the accounting systems necessary to produce critical financial reports, including:
Profit & Loss Statements
Balance Sheets
Cash Flow Statements
Financial Ratios
Quarterly and Annual Financial Forecasts
Because capital readiness is more than revenue. It requires organized financial systems, healthy cash flow management, accurate reporting, and the ability to confidently explain the financial story behind your business.
This bootcamp is designed to position your business for a stronger fourth quarter and future growth opportunities.
PROGRAM STRUCTURE:
Schedule: Bi-Weekly Sessions
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
IN-PERSON SERIES
Each session includes:
Interactive learning modules
Hands-on financial exercises
Business Development Assignments (BDA)
Guided implementation between sessions
Personalized opportunities to apply concepts directly to your business
SESSION SCHEDULE:
August 4 - Week 1 | Accounting 101: Building Your Financial Foundation. Every successful business begins with organized financial records.
August 18 - Week 2 | Accounting 101: Building an Accurate Financial System. Accurate financial reports begin with accurate data entry.
September 1 - Week 3 | Understanding Your Balance Sheet Your Balance Sheet tells the financial story of your business at a specific moment in time.
September 15 - Week 4 | Understanding Your Profit & Loss Statement. Revenue alone does not determine business success. This session explores how to analyze your Profit & Loss
October 6 - Week 5 | Financial Ratios That Matter. Financial statements tell you what happened: Financial ratios tell you what it means.
October 20 - Week 6 | Financial Forecasting & Preparing for Growth. Great businesses don't simply react to change—they plan for it.
Celebrate your accomplishment as you complete the Financial First Bootcamp and join a growing network of women entrepreneurs committed to building financially healthy, capital-ready businesses.
Participants who successfully complete the program will leave with stronger financial systems, greater confidence in understanding their business financials, and practical tools to support future funding opportunities, strategic growth, and long-term business success.
