I remember being in college when the recession hit a decade ago and thinking that the issue would be solved by the time I graduated. It’s been ten years and people are still feeling the impact of the recession, making
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Beyond the Banks
Are you ready for a second location?
Maybe business is thriving, and you’ve been thinking “hmmm, maybe it’s time for a second location…”. While expanding is awesome, let’s go through the things you need in place to expand. How is business? This seems like a no-brainer but
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What can you use working capital for?
As a business owner, you know that sometimes in order to grow you need more funding than is available in the checking account. Reasons vary as to what a business may need the funding for, but we wanted to highlight
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It’s not too late to utilize holiday funding
I know what you’re thinking about this holiday funding. “Ashley, it’s December 5th and it takes as little as 24 to 48 hours to have money in my account, so what am I going to do with funds on the
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Funding Options for Women-Owned Businesses
If you remember all the back to two weeks ago, we talked a lot about encouraging women to start businesses and presented some super cool stats from the SBA. What I found in my research for that piece was that
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Is Venture Capital Right for Your Small Business?
We’ve talked a lot the last few weeks about your business plan and scaling your business. If you remember back to business planning, we mentioned that there are different purposes for each type of business plan. One of those purposes
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How Much Working Capital Do I Need?
How do you decide how much working capital your business needs? It’s really easy every single week to say “the business is bringing in x and we’re obligated to spend y.” As a business owner, you just hope that “x”
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Amazon is Changing the Business World Once More
It seems every other day Amazon is in the news for some latest innovation. With the recent purchase of Whole Foods, Amazon is in the market to disrupt the “super” market. Amazon currently fulfills about 40% of all online retail
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Credit Questions When It Comes To Funding
One of our most frequently asked questions is about your personal credit and what the minimum score is to acquire funding for your small business. The truth is that the minimum credit needed to acquire funding differs depending on the
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Approval Rating of Online Lenders Rises Up to Match Banks
According to Forbes, 543,000 new businesses are started each and every month. Branching out and pursing your passions to start your own legacy is incredibly impressive and brave. There are a lot of factors that go into starting and running
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