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If, like many small business and restaurant owners, your business is operating in an environment where you can’t meet the banks’ rigorous credit requirements, you’re not alone. But you do have alternative financing options to consider. Read more.
Number of Small Business Loans Goes Up, Value of Small Business Loans Goes Down
Still feeling the squeeze with the big banks? Your business is not alone. Although the overall number of small business loans issued has grown, the amounts of these small business loans have shrunk. The good news is that small business owners are finding alternative lending sources.
At Last, The Economy Is Recovering, But Small Business Financing Is Still Hard To Find
Still finding it difficult to get your business approved for a bank loan? You’re not alone. Here is an alternative source of funding when the big banks say “No”.
Good Business Investments For A Merchant Cash Advance.
A merchant cash advance is an excellent alternative funding source to add to your current mix of loans, lines of credits, credit cards and personal financing. Businesses like them because of the simplicity in securing capital. Capital advance providers typically don’t ask for a business plan, and they usually do not require collateral. Your credit score does not have to … Read More
Sorry, But Your Business Doesn’t Qualify For A Merchant Cash Advance
Merchant cash advances have been gaining in popularity as an alternative lending source to small business as credit remains tight. Big players like Amazon and American Express are getting into the business. Many businesses that have used a merchant advance in the past use the product over and over to even out cash flow. But some businesses have nothing good to … Read More
The Daily Deal – Friend Or Foe Of The Small Business?
Groupon. LivingSocial. Gilt Groupe. There are few advertising options that garner as much praise and poison at the daily deal provider. They’re heralded as traffic generators in one breath, and small business destroyers in the next. What is their attraction? The most obvious benefit to the daily deal is traffic generation. Overall, almost 80 percent of daily deal traffic comes … Read More
Crowdfunding – Power To The People, Money To The Business.
There is a new funding source on the block, and it’s the talk of the financial town – crowdfunding. Crowdfunding allows a wider group of individuals the opportunity to invest in business concepts.
Four Strategies To Improve Incoming Cash Flow.
Cash. It’s the blood in your business’ veins. It’s what keeps your company going. You need to take in some money, and you need to put out some money in order to run a successful business. Now there are a lot of complicated explanations of cash flow management, but we’re going to simplify it for you: You need to take … Read More
What Good Is Money After Superstorm Sandy?
A special note from the Vice President of Wellen Capital, Steven O’Connor. The biggest challenge caused by Superstorm Sandy on the east coast is a lack of access. You can’t travel damaged streets. You can’t withdraw funds from non-functioning ATMs. You can’t get electricity due to downed power lines. Can money help this isolation? Money for your business doesn’t help … Read More
Are Merchant Cash Advances Your “Last Resort” Funding? We think not.
In the recent past, the words “merchant cash advance” conjured up images of desperate business owners, shifty salesmen and expensive money. Many see a business advance as a “last resort” funding option after all others, business loans, lines-of-credit, credit cards, borrowing from friends and family, have been exhausted. But the truth is that the merchant cash advance industry is a … Read More