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Understanding Equipment Financing and Leasing
To understand equipment financing and leasing, it’s important to understand what is considered “equipment”. In terms of equipment financing, any tangible asset, other than [...]
What is a Merchant Cash Advance?
A merchant cash advance allows a business owner who accepts credit card payments or has other payment or receivables streams to obtain an advance of the funds regularly [...]
A Guide to Small Business Borrowing
Many small businesses rely on borrowed capital to fuel growth and other initiatives. Depending upon the nature of the business need, a business’ credit profile, time in business, [...]
5 Reasons You Need a Documented Operations Manual
A documented operations manual is a good idea. Here are five reasons you should consider creating one for your small business.
12 Free Online Small Business Resources You Shouldn’t Ignore
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) know how to stretch a dollar to make it go as far as possible. Whether you’re bootstrapping your business on your own or gearing up [...]
Biggest Challenges for Your Digital Marketing Strategy
The right digital marketing challenge can help your small business generate new customers and more sales. Here are three things to consider when mapping out your strategy.
Considerations Before Hiring a Marketing Specialist
Here are four things to consider when hiring a marketing specialist. Hiring the right person will help your business stay on top of the most effective marketing trends to help [...]
Make Customer Service the Start of Your Marketing Efforts
Focusing on customer service and increasing the average life of a customer can really impact your business’ bottom line. Here are 4 strategies that will help you make customer service [...]
Small Business, Smaller Small Business Budget?
The rate of small business failure is trending downward, Entrepreneur reports. Part of this trend stems from savvy business owners who do their homework before putting [...]
Strategic Borrowing Benefits to Increase Your Loan Options
Increase Your Loan Options with Strategic Borrowing Without adequate capital, it’s difficult for small businesses to grow and thrive. This is true whether you fund your business through cash flow, investment, or borrowing. Taking a strategic approach to meeting your business’ need for capital to fuel growth and fund any other ROI-generating activities will ensure…
Fast Small Business Loans
Many businesses finance growth and meet short-term capital needs with a small business loan. There are times when fast access to additional capital is critical to taking advantage [...]
Why is Your Personal Credit Score Part of a Business Loan Decision?
For most small business owners the need to have a good personal credit score never goes away. Learn more about what what your personal score says about you and what lenders are looking for.
Understanding Non-Profit Lenders
Non-profit lenders can be a good fit for very small businesses that can leverage smaller loan amounts to create a big impact—often at very low and sometimes no interest.
Build a Strong Business Credit Profile
A strong business credit profile is the foundation of your business’ credit profile. It’s one of the first places lenders look to learn the details of your business. Here are 5 ways to build a solid profile.
Understanding Business Credit
What does your business credit profile say about your business? In addition to information about what's included in your profile, here are five things you can do to improve it.