The 5 “C’s” of Credit
When a business approaches a lending institution about debt financing, the lender conducts an evaluation of the borrower using a method known as the 5 C’s of Credit
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Opportunity Discovery Canvas – How to Validate Potential Solutions
The Opportunity Discovery Canvas tool was designed to help entrepreneurs that have identified a problem to work through a basic framework to evaluate the feasibility of their solution.
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How to Unlock Investor Funding – 3 Kinds of Investors
When It Comes to Selling Equity to Fund A Small Business Venture, You Need to Understand There Are 3 Types of Investors and They Are Not Created Equal.
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What You Need To Know About The Debt Continuum
Within the world of debt financing, there is a continuum, as different lenders have different appetites for risk and reward.
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Why You Need To Understand Your Credit Score
When entrepreneurs look at debt financing, their credit score (FICO) plays an important role in being able to get a loan. Essentially, a person’s credit score is computed on five dimensions, each with a different weight.
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The Simple Truth Why Business Plans Cause Business Failures
Conventional business advice is that in order to have a successful business you need to write a business plan. However, did you know that the simple act of writing a business plan can often lead your business to fail?
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How to Find Out if You Have Enough Money to Buy a Franchise
A question many franchise entrepreneurs have is related to how much money they will need as they conduct early-stage franchise research.
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How to Make the Most of Equity Financing
Basically, there are two ways to fund a new business: debt and equity. Debt, commonly thought of as a loan, requires that the borrower/guarantor has an adequate cash flow or has enough unencumbered liquid assets to pledge as collateral. This collateral covers the debt’s principle and any liquidation costs and discounts in the event that
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The Feeble Role of Government to Stimulate Small Business
while the government may understand the importance of small business in the overall economy, its definition often differs from the way most entrepreneurs may define them. As a result, the methods in which the government can inject money are primarily limited to guaranteeing loans and creating projects for a narrow slice of the business community.
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The Evolving Journey of the B2B Buyer
Guest post by: Christopher Ryan CEO or Fusion Marketing Partners and Center for Business Modeling. Chris is a SCORE colleague and a marketing and sales maven. We are super fans of each others work. The following post was published by Chris on his blog is February of 2016 and is chock full of valuable advice.
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