Owning a small business can be challenging for many people. It's easy to make mistakes that can threaten the viability of the business, and just ordinary circumstances can create adverse circumstances that make it hard to keep on going. Sometimes it can seem like failure is around every corner, just waiting for you to make that fatal mistake with your business. Rather than living in fear, though, you can move forward confidently when you have the security of knowing that you have a safety net.
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Topics:
Funding Your Business,
Growing Your Business,
Ecommerce
How the staff of a business works to complete all the tasks required to run it is the most important aspect to success. When employees do their jobs well, the business runs well, makes a profit, and continues to provide jobs for the employees.
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Topics:
Funding Your Business,
Growing Your Business
You are minding your own business at your convenience store when a lightning storm comes through the area and causes a power surge that takes out your hot dog roller and two freezers. Or maybe you run a gift shop in your tourist-friendly town -- meaning you work the counter yourself most of the time -- when your beloved aunt from out of town has surgery and needs your help recovering. Or maybe a customer trips over a poorly placed display and decides to sue you for her injuries.
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Topics:
Funding Your Business,
Growing Your Business
Businesses often get stuck in a catch-22 of sorts. They need new customers so they can make more money, but they need more money to attract new customers. While there are marketing efforts that don't cost much (like having a Facebook page), the ones that bring in the best return, like direct mail and a quality website, often come at a cost. Having the option to get a business cash advance can give owners a way out of this catch-22. Getting an advance on their future profits can give them the cash they need to break out of their stagnant pattern and move forward to new customers and bigger profits as they market their business properly.
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Topics:
Growing Your Business
It's Murphy's Law - anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. For businesses, that can mean equipment failure just when you most need things to run smoothly, a key employee quitting just when business starts to boom, or needing to purchase inventory when cash flow has taken a dip.
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Topics:
Funding Your Business,
Growing Your Business
