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5 Ways to Improve Your Business Financial Management

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Now, managing and analyzing your business finances doesn’t have to be a frustrating process. Here are a few tips to help you better manage your business finances. The three basic financial statements to start with are your profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statements. Invest in financial management technology.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking.

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How Payroll Funding Works: An Alternative Way To Help Finance Your Small Business

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Grants and subsidies from the government. Understanding How Payroll Funding Helps Finance Small Businesses. However, the net funds employed scheme is a better option for those who prefer financing rates that are more formulaic and foreseeable. Money from family and friends. Credit card cash advances. Crowdfunding.

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Nonprofit Policy Review Checklist

Board Effect

New nonprofit board directors quickly learn that accepting a seat on the board comes with huge and important responsibilities for governance. Monthly financial balance sheet and financial statements. It’s exciting to join a nonprofit board of directors and be part of the action. Policies for recruiting and orienting volunteers.

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Why Small Community Lenders Have Your Back

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Upon receiving government funding, the CDFIs leverage these funds with private sector monies to offer small business loans and community development projects. CDFI program awardees financed 13,300 businesses. To find a CDFI, visit the Opportunity Finance Network. Lenders don’t want to finance 100 percent of a project.

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How to Write an SBA Business Plan — SBA Template and Checklist

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You need to gather paperwork not only on your personal finances but on your business history and your projections for the future. That means that if you default on your loan, the government helps repay the bank that issued the loan. SBA loans require a good amount of documentation on both your business and your personal finances.

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10 Things the Bank Will Ask When You Need a Business Loan

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I was really disappointed when I needed my company’s first commercial bank loan to finance receivables of more than $1 million—from well-known distributors no less—and we ended up having to sign a lien on our family home to get the loan. Well, the bank is going to want a lot before they give it to you. Do you find this daunting?