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10 Reasons You Don’t Qualify for an SBA Disaster Loan

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Maintaining your business through the coronavirus crisis has likely led you to cut costs, revise your sales projections, and potentially seek out a loan to help you stay afloat. Your business is brand new. Most banks will not issue traditional SBA loans to brand new businesses.

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4 Reasons Small Businesses Fail

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Most entrepreneurs start a new business with dreams of success, but the unfortunate fact is that too many of them fail. Census Bureau showed the reality in hard terms – 400,000 small businesses opened and 470,000 SMBs closed their doors just last year. Small Business Administration. LendingClub Inc. ,

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Is Life Insurance Required For Your SBA Loan Approval?

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When applying for a loan through the Small Business Administration (SBA), you have to meet some basic qualifications. Once you meet the SBA’s requirements for being a small business, you’ll need to meet an additional set of requirements provided by your lender. Applying for an SBA loan?

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The 5 Hidden Secrets Of Online Lenders

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The world of small business finance has dramatically transformed. Total loan costs can be misrepresented. APR enables borrowers to effectively compare the true cost of a loan as it includes all fees as well as the interest rate. Both business and personal credit scores matter. Organization counts.

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How to Get Funding for a Business

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Most healthy businesses need business financing at some point. Startups have to deal with starting costs and ongoing businesses have to finance growth and working capital. Financing options depend on what kind of business you have. Small business financing myths.

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4 Startup Funding Challenges and How to Overcome Them

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Creating a scalable business model. Whether you are hoping to expand a small business with a loan or going for a round of venture capital, you will need a scalable business model. Investors in particular want to fund only scalable or ready to scale businesses. Your business idea itself needs to be scalable.

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Small Businesses Must Make Data Privacy a Priority

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Small Businesses Must Make Data Privacy a Priority written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. The topic of securing data can be overwhelming. A good place for businesses to start is the Federal Trade Commission. The actual cost to a company also can be quite real. Resources for small businesses.