Small Business Trends
State of Small Business Lending: Better or Worse Than Last Year?
Small Business Trends
Has the state of small business lending gotten better or worse since last year? The answer depends on who you talk to. The answer to the question “Are banks finally starting to lend again?” also varies based on what's being written and ...

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Simply Business ready to help at Business Startup Show
Simply Business knowledge
The Business Startup Show is widely recognised as the leading exhibition for Britain's small business sector, with workshops and tutorials provided by some of the country's most successful entrepreneurs. Over the course of the two day show, ...

Federal grand jury charges woman in online 'humanitarian' business financing scam
The Republic
According to Thursday's indictment and her Web site, Johnson solicited donations to "help hundreds of high-school athletes to attend college." In return, investors were supposed to get help with their credit scores, business planning and financing ...

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Wall Street Women of Golden Seeds Give Cash to Female CEOs
Bloomberg
“Many women entrepreneurs trying to get financing from a small number of women angels results in a lower success rate,” said Sohl, referring to funding. “One of the goals is to get more women angels.” There are nine US women-focused groups of angel ...

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CORRECT: DEALS INDIA: Goldman Sachs To Bolster India Business
Wall Street Journal
"It is important, however, to note that financing a strategic transaction, while a very important component, is not the only factor that helps see through a successful bid." The ability to add balance-sheet funding to the equation will become important ...
Goldman to bolster India debt market offeringsLivemint

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The Most Important Startup Question: Wozniak or Jobs?
BNET (blog)
They not only embraced but enjoyed their roles while building an incredibly successful company. Every day entrepreneurs start new businesses without considering whether they will be happiest as a Wozniak or a Jobs. Many also don't take the time to ...

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Ex-Im Bank arranges financing for Copa planes
BusinessWeek
Copa Holdings SA, the parent of Panama's Copa Airlines, said Thursday that it will get a $178.5 million in subsidized financing to buy five Boeing aircraft. Copa said JPMorgan Chase will provide a 12-year term loan guaranteed by the US Export-Import ...

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GE Capital, Franchise Finance Provides $26.5 Million to Dairy Queen® Franchisee
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Capital, Franchise Finance has provided a $26.5 million credit facility to Frauenshuh Hospitality Group, a major Dairy Queen® franchisee. The facility includes a $24 million term loan and a $2.5 million development line of credit, ...

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Young entrepreneur Leslie's success story, “Bright Colors and Shiny Things”
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The e-commerce start up of Leslie turned into a success story and she was finally making money with her undertaking. She is now self employed and wants to cater to the broader needs of young people. The success of her enterprise has motivated her to go ...

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Lessons learned in commercial real estate
New Mexico Business Weekly
Following the residential real estate market turmoil, securitization market collapse and deterioration in economic conditions since 2007, the business of financing and developing commercial real estate has changed dramatically. ...

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Small Business Trends
Small Business News: Small Biz Finance Info
Small Business Trends
By Small Business News Small business finance issues are central to success. Why? Because without proper financial management, most businesses, no matter how much revenue they generate, would be doomed to failure. So, we've assembled this collection of ...
Factoring Companies Supplying Small Business Financing Despite Harsh Credit ...EIN News (press release)
Younger NY Firms Rely More On Business Earnings For FinancingSmall Business News from Gaebler.com
SBA offers new programsJackson Clarion Ledger

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Commercial tax relief near, but specifics on how are lacking
DesMoinesRegister.com
BIGGER BUSINESSES: Larry Countryman, chief financial officer of Wilson Trailer, a 500-employee business in Sioux City, said even the higher-end saving estimates of the Senate Democratic proposal likely would not be enough to make a substantial impact ...
Democrats outline tax cut planIndianapolis Star

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MegaTrends: The new entrepreneur-king
Yale Daily News
Although units are free to innovate with the decentralized chaos of startup environments, they must all ultimately report back directly to Page. Google acquisitions Android and YouTube already operate under this model, and their success attests to its ...
Mercury News interview: Jonathan Rosenberg, Google's SVP of product managementSan Jose Mercury News

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Factoring Companies Supplying Small Business Financing Despite Harsh Credit ...
EIN News (press release)
Factoring companies are quite busy these days filling a huge void in small business financing. Thanks in large part to a deep and persistent credit contraction, many business owners are turning to business factoring to stabilize cash flow and finance ...

Editorial: Freeing Tantalus – Time To Fix Entrepreneurship
The Stanford Daily
In light of the University's failure to adequately support its entrepreneurs, Stanford Student Enterprises, the business arm of the ASSU, has taken upon itself to develop SSE Labs, a startup accelerator for Stanford students. In just a few years, ...

Spectrum Commercial Lending Provides $5M Owner-User Commercial Real Estate ...
PR.com (press release)
Irvine, CA, April 15, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Spectrum Commercial Lending, a leader in small business commercial real estate financing helped their clients close on a 293000 sf facility in the County of San Bernardino in March of 2011. ...

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Credit freeze eases as more banks loosen lending to small businesses
Denver Post
Cashin White, the loan officer who helped Snooze get its financing, said Chase pushed to boost its small-business lending last year. While it isn't quite a spring runoff — more like a slow drip — signs are emerging of a thaw from the deep business ...

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EXCLUSIVE Q&A: ISAI CEO Tells Us How Screwed European VCs Are And Why He's Not ...
San Francisco Chronicle
ISAI is a micro-VC fund of around $50 million seeded by some 70 successful French web entrepreneurs with a specific investing thesis and a unique outlook on the VC and startup market in Europe. The fund is celebrating its 1 year anniversary this week ...

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Rockland auto lender charged with defrauding investors
Boston Globe
Inofin, which started in 1994, was originally in the business of financing car loans for people with poor credit. But by 2005, the company's chief executive, Kevin J. Mann Sr. of Marshfield, and its president, Michael J. Cuomo of Plymouth, ...

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USA Today
Net neutrality: End of the Web as we know it?
USA Today
The Internet was a game-changer for entrepreneurs. The phrase that was used to describe the advantage the Internet presented to startups and small businesses was “This levels the playing field.” And it truly did. It enabled startup companies to compete ...

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