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Is Crowdfunding Right for Your Small Business?

3 minute read

February 11, 2025

For more than a decade, small business owners have been empowered to bypass traditional lenders and appeal to the general public for seed money. This process of "crowdfunding" often works well. In fact, an $8.8...

Working Capital

How to Pick the Best Financing Terms on a Business Loan

5 minute read

February 4, 2025

Businesses can have many great reasons for seeking working capital – getting up and running, expanding operations, or even just buying additional inventory at a bargain price. When used smartly, borrowed capital can reduce the stress...

Working Capital

How to Size Up Your Business-funding Options

5 minute read

January 28, 2025

Last week, one of the ovens at the Serious Dough Bakery baked its last loaf of pumpernickel bread, right before the weekend rush. Wendy, the bakery's owner, wasn't anticipating a large fourth-quarter purchase, which would...

Working Capital

How Much Do You Need to Borrow? Here's Nine Ways to Decide

5 minute read

January 21, 2025

When your catering business's only delivery truck's engine seizes, your business banking account is low, and you're heading into your busy season, you'll need to borrow the funds for a new truck — that's a...

Working Capital

Having Trouble Paying Your Small Business Loan? Consider These 6 Moves

3 minute read

January 14, 2025

Despite your best efforts, there’s always the chance that you may find yourself coming up short on repaying a business loan. If so, you’re not alone. In fact 34 percent of small businesses say that...

Small Business

I Didn't Know An Accountant Could Do THAT?

4 minute read

January 7, 2025

Growing your business means you need to focus best on what you — and only you — do well. Meanwhile, other people on your staff can manage sales, finance, human resources, because that's what they do...

Small Business

In Case You Missed It: Ten Important Small Business Headlines

4 minute read

December 17, 2024

The year may be winding down, but small-business headlines are buzzing with news of increased small-business optimism, changes in federal regulations, and reports of improved holiday sales over last year's receipts. Here's our roundup of...

Fora Financial News

Fora Financial Secures New $200 Million Credit Facility, Expanding and Diversifying Capital Resources

3 minute read

December 10, 2024

Fora Financial, a leading provider of flexible financing to small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB) nationwide, today announced the closing of a two-year, $200 million revolving credit facility. ATLAS SP Partners ("ATLAS"), the warehouse finance and...

Working Capital

Seven Business Loan Scams and How to Avoid Them

4 minute read

December 3, 2024

The best way to avert a business-loan scam, whether it shows up online, in your mailbox, or on the phone, is to learn the most common red flags. Here we share common scams and the...