Archive for the ‘Business Loans SBA’ Category


How to Raise Money and Grow Your Small Business

Posted by Jeff Hardy in Business Loans SBA

Let’s say that you have started a brand new business. Growing a new small business to $1,000,000 a year will take a sizeable amount of capital. You will probably need to be able to complete hundreds of sales per month. You will need at least one employee. With this kind ...

How to Design a Business Plan when you are starting out in new business venture

Posted by Jim Johnson in Business Loans SBA

A well-formulated business plan serves three important functions. First, it serves as a plan of attack—how to get started in business. Second, it serves as a guideline enabling you to steer the business into a profitable position and then keep it there. Third in the event that you seek to ...

How To Raise a Business Loan from your State

Posted by Tom Craig in Business Loans SBA

In order to raise capital for your new or existing business, you can also contact your state chamber of commerce to locate state-level programs. The assistance available will vary between different states, just as it does at the city and county levels. The following is a list of some common methods ...

How Investors and Lenders Evaluate Your Business

Posted by Tom Craig in Business Loans SBA

If you are writing your business plan for the purpose of borrowing money or raising capital for your new or existing business, you need to understand how potential lenders or investors will look at your business  plan. Financial professionals use several ratios to help them understand the viability of your ...

Cutting Through The Bureaucratic Red Tape – How to get a Business Loan from Government

Posted by Jim Johnson in Business Loans SBA

Dealing with a bureaucracy is never a fun experience, as anyone who has renewed a driver's license, purchased car tags, obtained a marriage certificate, erected a sign, or added a room to a house will attest. They are likely to have experienced a system in which job security is not ...

SBA Loan Programs – What Projects qualify under SBA programs

Posted by Tom Craig in Business Loans SBA

The SBA opens the doors of opportunity for small businesses by helping them secure capital; it backs eligible firms that are having trouble securing conventional financing by offering loan guarantees or loans made by private lenders. In 2001 alone, the SBA made 42,957 loans totaling slightly under $10 billion. The ...

How Do I Get A SBA Loan? Do I need a Collateral for SBA Loan?

Posted by Tom Craig in Business Loans SBA

Documentation requirements vary with the type and size of the loan; you should first contact your lender regarding information you must supply. Common requirements include: purpose of the loan, history of the business, financial statements for three years (existing businesses), schedule of term debts (existing businesses), aging of accounts receivable ...