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There are a variety of financing programs available to help your business grow. While the Small Business Administration (SBA) is the main resource for small business owners, it is not the only one. Each state has a Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to provide management assistance to current and prospective small business owners. If you are Read More

Bob Seiwert, the senior vice president for the Center for Commercial Lending and Business Banking at the American Bankers Association, irges small-business owners to start meeting with bankers before they need a new loan or credit line. Mr. Seiwert spoke in a recent interview about the challenges facing small-business owners seeking business loans Read More

In this tight lending climate, entrepreneurs may be tempted by an investor's offer of cash, even if it comes with strings attached. Vlad Shmunis, the founder of RingCentral, an Internet company that serves small business owners, has an answer to that offer: Think carefully before you accept it. Mr. Shmunis said that when he was trying to rai Read More

As the credit freeze continues and the recession deepens, many community banks, generally defined as having less than $10 billion in assets, are reporting an uptick in loans and credit lines to small businesses. At a congressional hearing on small business and the economic recovery earlier this month, economist Paul Merski, of the Independent Comm Read More

Some new year's resolutions that entrepreneurs should consider. Read More

Much of the writing on angel investing suggests that angels fill the gap between the low amounts invested by friends-and-family, and the large amounts invested by venture capitalists. But is that true? The story goes something like this: that business angels fill the financing gap between the $100,000 maximum seed stage investment that friends Read More

Your 10 point guide to obtaining angel or VC investment for your business - from cmypitch.com - the social network for entrepreneurs. Read More

Club eFactory has found quick (5 days to funding), start-up and expansion loans at 6%, 10 year amortization and no collateral. We have placed $1,000,000 in loans in the past 3 weeks. Join us in stemming the tide of economic collapse by recharging your own business! Read More

New SBA program that fast tracks small business start-up loans up to $25,000, no collateral, simple paperwork and funded with 5 days. 680 FICO score and above qualifies. Read More