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8 Essentials To Qualify Your Startup For A Bank Loan

Startup Professionals Musings

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

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8 Strategies To Improve Your Odds Of Getting A Loan

Startup Professionals Musings

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

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8 Keys To Convincing A Bank To Fund Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

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How Entrepreneurs Qualify for Funding from Banks

Startup Professionals Musings

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

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8 Steps In Securing A Bank Loan To Fund Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Pay particular attention to the financials, and have a CPA friend review for reasonableness before presenting. Eliminate your salary from the use of funds. Most startup founders don’t take a salary for the first year or two, since most investors as well as bankers won’t give you money so that you can pay yourself.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

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Three, I’m a book keeper, accountant or CPA and other. Three, I’m a bookkeeper, accountant or CPA or other. The second is about really understanding the unique economics of your customer so you can better get more of them when you want them. I’ll say that one more time. This is number one.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

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All of the sudden, he’s got a number of potential customers that he’s selling to, and then he can make some educated guesses when he puts together that forecast. She’s opening a small deli in an office park in the Silicon Valley. You don’t need a CPA. Then the unknown is scary for all of us.

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