Tag: small business

Thinking startup? Consider these three special U.S. states

People migrate to where the jobs are. Similarly, it’s generally a wise strategy for entrepreneurs to migrate to where it’s easiest to found a business. If that’s true, what should you be looking for? I suggest that you want a state with a good overall climate for business where you can easily find banks willing […]

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This week in small business: Easy, simple, and smart advice for success

Some wise folks were busy posting useful advice over the last week or so. I think you and your business plans will benefit from the easy, simple, and wise guidance in this collection of curated content. Leadership, management, and productivity I prefer easy over difficult, so I appreciated Gabriel Nathan’s article, The Easiest Ways To […]

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Big banks approving more small business loans

While alternative lenders – like the web-based peer-to-peer enterprises – have been getting a lot of attention in the media, it’s the large banks that are really making small business lending “news” right now. Big bank loan approval rates to small businesses hit an all-time high in the June 2017 Biz2credit Small Business Lending Index. […]

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How to use unexpected gratitude to build loyalty

There’s no doubt that today’s younger generations, specifically the Millennials, are a caring group of people. They care about a wide range of global causes and about others on a personal level. This even guides the investment strategies of many, as Sarah Landrum covers in her Forbes article, Why Millennials Care About Social Impact Investing. […]

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