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

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Luckily, the SBA has created a separate COVID-19 Disaster Loan, with less stringent eligibility criteria and a streamlined application process to hopefully make more funds available for more businesses. . Most banks will not issue traditional SBA loans to brand new businesses. Your business is brand new. Risky industry.

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

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Applying for an SBA loan for your business requires preparation. You need to gather paperwork not only on your personal finances but on your business history and your projections for the future. Here’s what you need to know about SBA business plans and how you can maximize your chances for approval. What is an SBA loan?

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9 Steps to Handle Business Loan Rejection

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On the other hand, some of these are not easily fixable so you’ll have to look for alternative solutions to your financing problems. You can also ask your bank about SBA-backed borrowing. Explore other financing options. In that case, it may be worth exploring alternative financing options. Get a co-signer.

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Financing Your Business During COVID-19

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Many small business financing options feel as though they have evaporated in the wake of the crisis caused by COVID-19. 2020 Will Be An Interesting Year For Small Business Financing. This will be difficult to forecast if your business has been shut for the last 12 weeks. Can you repay a loan? Will you repay a loan?

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The Basics of Small Business Loans [WEBINAR]

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Hopefully I’ll be able to add some value with some of the financing needs that your businesses may need. As I’ve been working in this industry, as Sabrina started out said, I was the Chief Marketing officer of CAN Capital which is a big alternative lender and now I’m the Vice President of SmartBiz SBA Loans.

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You’ve Got Funding: 5 Things to Do With the Money Right Away

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Look closely at your cash flow forecast so that you can spend accordingly. According to 2016 statistics published by the Small Business Administration (SBA) , only about 78 percent of small business startups survive the first year, and only half make it to the five year point. Fancy office space and furniture. Expensive equipment.

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Do You Know How Your Business Is Doing and Where It’s Going?

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Many business owners fail to see the value of regular planning and forecasting, and it hurts their businesses because they haven’t planned for potential challenges and don’t have any kind of strategy for dealing with them. The same is true for opportunities. Do you work on your business, or in our business?

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