Kedma Ough, MBA
Speaker and AuthorNational Award-Winning Small Business Champion
Kedma Ough is a nationally recognized business development and business funding expert, innovation and entrepreneurship thought leader, award-winning champion of small business, and business advisor for independent inventors. She is also a proud fifth generation entrepreneur, whose great-great grandfather peddled various products across Ireland.
She has helped more than 10,000 individuals fund, launch, and grow their businesses
Throughout her career, Ough’s driving mission has been to empower people—particularly minorities, veterans, women, people with disabilities, and innovators—to become business owners and to maximize the potential of their businesses. To date, she has helped more than 10,000 individuals fund, launch, and grow their businesses, in a wide range of industries.
Why is Kedma so Different Than Other Funding Navigators?
She has worked with more than 10,000 entrepreneurs
She was a former director for an SBA Womens Business Center
She was a former director for an SBA Small Business Development Center
She developed a National Program for Franchise education
She is a co-author for a National Native American Small Business Curriculum
She is a qualified business expert for agencies supporting persons with disabilities
She is a qualified business expert on self-employment for the Veterans Administration
She is considered a national expert on Target Funding
She actually filed bankruptcy 20 years ago and used Target Funding to build her new financial life
She has a published book through McGraw-Hill
The Huffington Post has recognized Ough for fueling innovation
She is the past recipient of the SBA Women in Business Champion of the Year, SBA Small Business State Champion, and National Small Business Influencer Leadership awards, among others. Ough has also been recognized by the Huffington Post for fueling innovation and by Inc. Magazine for her work in creative financing for minority-owned businesses.
A contributor to Entrepreneur.com and a popular featured speaker, Ough writes and lectures on entrepreneurship, innovation, business development, business funding, and other topics. Her first book, Target Funding—a veritable GPS to proven funding solutions for creating, improving, or growing a business — was published by McGraw-Hill Education in February 2019.
When she is not running around as a real-life superhero to the entrepreneurial community, she enjoys time with her family.
Featured Publication
Target Funding
Discover a proven system to get the MONEY & RESOURCES you need now in order to grow your business.
- Critical information on the wide range of funding options available to startups and small businesses of all kinds, including un-bankable ventures and independent inventors
- Hundreds of vetted funding sources that include the features and eligibility requirements of each grant, loan, and investment opportunity specified
- Real-life business funding stories that inspire and inform
- Expert advice and insider tips for mastering the funding game
- A roadmap for finding accessible funding opportunities that align with your funding needs
A Sampling of Kedma’s Media Coverage
- The Not Average Audio Experience, podcast hosted by Koehler Slagel and Mike Gililland: Featured guest, April 1st, 2019, Small Business Superhero Kedma Ough
- The Minding Your Business Podcast, podcast hosted by Ron Brooks: Featured guest, Episode 88, March 29th, 2019, Award Winning Small Business Champion
- The Invention Stories Podcast: Featured guest, June 12nd, 2018, Kedma Ough is the Innovation Director and Superhero
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