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Understanding ACH Payments and Small Business Loans
Small business loan payments, via a direct debit (or ACH payments) from the business’ bank account, are a popular way for many lenders, including online lenders, to take [...]
Commercial Loans for Small Business
Many small businesses access borrowed capital to fuel growth and fund many day-to-day operations. Here are 5 things you should know before you borrow.
Understanding Business Credit Cards
Business credit cards are a popular way for small businesses to access credit. Here's what you need to know to take advantage of a business credit card.
Starting Your First Content Marketing Efforts
Content marketing is telling your company's story in a way that resonates with your customers and potential customers. Here are 3 tips to get you started.
Understanding Personal Guarantees
Most small business owners should expect to sign a personal guarantee when they apply for loan. Here's what you need to know about how it works.
Bouncing Back From a Bad Quarter
Every business occasionally has a bad month or two. Bouncing back from a bad quarter can really make the difference in your business’ profitability. Here are 5 things to help [...]
What You Need to Know About Invoice Factoring
Although factoring is not a loan, it’s a popular way for small businesses to access short-term capital to fuel growth and other initiatives. Here’s what you need to know about how [...]
Small Business Loan Terms: What You Need to Know
Most businesses think of a term loan when they think of small business financing. If you’ve ever had a car loan or a home mortgage, you’ve had at least one type of term loan. The [...]
Small Business Loans Online: What You Need to Know
There are more small business loan options available than ever before. What do you need to know about a small business loan online to make sure it's right for your business?
Explaining Secured and Unsecured Business Loans
An unsecured small business loan is a loan that requires no collateral but rather is based solely upon the creditworthiness of the small business borrower. While an unsecured small [...]
Inventory Loans: What You Need to Know
Many businesses use financing to purchase inventory (salable goods) for their business. This is particularly true when opportunities arise to purchase quick-turnaround inventory [...]
Avoid Employee Fraud: Locks are for Honest People
Locks are for honest people. At least that’s what my Dad used to say. In other words, he felt that under the right set of circumstances, nobody was immune to temptation. For example, he [...]
Financial Metrics Every Small Business Owner Needs to Know
Financial Metrics You Should Know to Run Your Small Business Understanding your business’ financial metrics, and what those numbers are telling you, is critical to running a successful business, knowing whether or not your business is profitable, or waking up one day to find out you’re on the slow march to insolvency and going out of business.…
Your Complete Guide to the Remote Workforce in 2017
The Ultimate Work/Life Balance Goal: Your Employee and Employer Guide to the Remote Workforce. Telecommuting and the remote workforce has been growing since technology has begun to transform our lives. Along with transformations in technology, we’ve seen the adoption of the remote workforce by mainstream employers with a mountain of stats and information that back up…
Your Employees Work/Life Balance is Good for Business
Facilitating a Healthy Work/Life Balance for Your Employees is Good for Business I spent the earliest years of my career sweeping the warehouse floor and stocking shelves in my Father’s small business. As a teenager, he taught me how to do a good job and exemplified the mantra, “Anything worth doing is worth doing well.”…