Denise Beeson is an experienced small business consultant and loan advisor with high-level expertise. She has assisted companies in a wide range of industries prepare their business plans, marketing strategies, and presentations to the investor community. Ms. Beeson has a degree from Whittier College, a Masters from San Francisco State, and a Licensing Certificate in Intellectual Property Licensing from the Licensing Executive Society in conjunction with Harvard Business School.

Denise Beeson has recently joined BaySierra Financial, Inc. located in Santa Rosa, CA. BaySierra Financial Inc. d.b.a. Santa Rosa Mortgage and Investment Co. has been in Sonoma county since 1987 and offers commercial real estate loans through leading lending institutions. It also offers private loans secured by first and second Deeds of Trust on real property in Northern California. The Company currently services over $115 million in private loans. In addition, Bay Sierra Financial provides investment opportunities for qualified investors. See www.baysierra.com for additional information.

Ms. Beeson has been an Adjunct Instructor in the Small Business Management and Marketing Departments at Santa Rosa Junior Collage for over 20 years. Classes routinely offered include: Procedures to Start a Business, How to Write a Business Plan, Small Business Promotion, Advertising and Sales, Retail Marketing, New Product Development, and International Marketing. She also has been an invited guest lecturer at Sonoma State University in the International Marketing and Wine Business Programs. She is also a contributing author to the new book "Masters in Sales", authored by Ivan Misner & Dan Morgan. Read her chapter on "Handling Objections".

Ms. Beeson is a frequently invited guest lecturer and has spoken to audiences worldwide. Some of the topics include: Technology Commercialization, Marketing, Promotion, Commercial Lending and Business Networking. She has spoken on Technology Commercialization at the annual WESCON SEMIConductor Association, annual Society for Vacuum Coaters, and the Knowledge Forum; and, on Marketing at the City of Windsor, Russian State University for the Humanities,Moscow, Russia, Business Leaders at the City of Kiev, Ukraine, North Bay Entrepreneur’s Association, North Coast Builder’s Exchange, and the Women’s Council of Realtors.

She is involved in her community. She has started her blog about living and real estate in the Wine Country. Ms. Beeson is a member in good standing in the following organizations: Business Network International (BNI Mid-Day Power Partners), the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce- Economic Vitality Committee, Commercial Mortgage Association (CMA), CA Association of Mortgage Lenders (CAMB) and the Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster- Mentor committee.

Visit our "Cities Served" page for a partial list of cities where Denise offers SBA services.