Successfully starting a business
With this economy, it can be hard to get the tools and money you need to start your dream business, but there are ways of being successful. Across the nation, applications for small business loans are...
View ArticleSmallknot Redefines Small Business Finance
Smallknot, a social lending platform for local business launched last week. The online venture capital website, which allows customers to invest in the growth of locally-owned businesses, offered its...
View ArticleSmall Businesses Turn To Pawn Shops, Cash Advance Lenders As Banks Hoard Cash
Most small-business owners dream of seeing orders quintuple overnight. But when Fern Phillips had a purchase order suddenly jump from 4,000 units to 20,000, she knew she had to scramble for an extra...
View ArticleAre bank lending standards compatible with the 21st century?
As businesses acquire more intellectual property, how will banks collateralize loans? Tracy Eden joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the challenges banks have making loans with 21st century...
View ArticleStudy: Lending to small business stalls in March
The pace of lending to small businesses appears to be at a standstill. A study released Tuesday by PayNet, a financial research firm, shows that lending was virtually unchanged in March for the second...
View ArticleObama signs small business legislation
President Barack Obama signed bipartisan jobs legislation Thursday that will help small businesses and make it easier for startups to raise capital, saying it could be a “game-changer” for...
View Article7 Creative Ideas for Funding Your New Small Business Start-Up
It’s understood you’ll chip in your own personal assets and/or credit to finance your new business – who would invest in you if you were not willing to invest in yourself? But sometimes that’s not...
View ArticleBanks, Credit Unions at Odds Over Bill That Would Raise Lending Cap
Jim Dobbins didn’t intend to enter the cross hairs of the skirmish between credit unions and banks over small-business lending. He just wanted to secure a six-figure loan for his 23-year-old...
View ArticleSmall-Business Lending Summit Features Obama Administration’s Top Appointees,...
How do you get three of the Obama administration’s top appointed officials to speak at a day-long seminar? The answer is to tell them it is about job creation, small business and unlocking the...
View ArticleWells Fargo/Gallup Survey: Fewer Small Business Owners Expect Difficulty...
Small business owners are finding it less difficult to obtain credit, according to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey (conducted April 2-6, 2012). Since the last survey in...
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