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Category Archives: Financing
Achieve Better Business Purchasing Power
The more you desire to start or expand your business, the more important your individual credit becomes. Yes, that’s right— your business credit relies on your personal credit. A shabby personal credit report can have a negative impact on how
Top 5 Business Financing Considerations
Financial injections come with the territory of business ownership, as does the extensive range of methods and lenders/investors to choose from. It’s critical to take a step back and review all the considerations before diving into something that either: A.
Posted in Financing Sources, SBA Loans
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Keeping your Business New Year’s Resolutions
With a new year comes New Year’s resolutions. Let the SBDC help you make and keep yours. At the SBDC, we provide empowering resources for you and your business. Our consultants can support your needs and connect you to resource
How Your Money Per$onality Impacts Your Finances
Money. Is it an issue for your small business? Is the issue really money or is it your Money Per$onality? In Ray Linder’s book, “What Will I Do With My Money?,” he narrows the 16 Myers-Briggs Typing Instrument (MBTI) personality
SBA New Refinancing Program in Effect for Small Business Owners
Stemming from the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, the Small Business Administration (SBA) recently launched its 504 Loan Refinancing Program to help ease the large percentage of outstanding commercial mortgages that are due to mature in the next few
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Where to go to get a SBA Loan
When seeking a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan for your company, you should always try your bank first. If they can’t help, you’ll want to try one of the lenders below who regularly deals with SBA loans rather than those
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Need a Loan? Top 5 Bay Area SBA Lenders
Tampa Bay SBA Lending Grows 33 percent! The SBA’s 90 percent loan guarantee incentive proved effective as belt squeezing policies gave way and business owners seeking finance assistance saw an upward trend, in which Bay area SBA lending
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SBDC Directors Featured in St. Pete Times, Discuss Financial Challenges for Florida Small Businesses
Financial Challenges for Small Businesses
Eileen Rodriguez and Jim Parrish, regional director and deputy director, recently spoke with The St. Pete Times about the prevailing credit crunch concerns for local small businesses. In a half-page in-depth article, the pair explained what key issues continue to Full Story
Posted in Featured Articles, Financing, Hillsborough County, Press Releases
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Expanded Services to Small Businesses
President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs Act on September 27, 2010. Known as the Jobs Bill, it will provide critical resources to small business owners. This law extends the SBA Recovery loans, promotes exporting, gives small businesses a better
Posted in Economic Development, Featured Articles, Financing, Government Contracting, International Trade
Tagged business loans, expansion, Government Contracting, importing and exporting
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Recent survey contradicts bankers claim that loan demand is down.
Many bankers say loan approvals are down because loan demand is down. However, a recent survey of lenders and business owners done by the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project and reported on by Karen E. Klein for Bloomberg Businessweek found
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Tagged bank financing, business loans, finance your business, Financing
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