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Public Group active 12 years, 3 months agoThe first step in starting any small business is to write a business plan. You will need your business plan to attain a small business loan. Don’t even attempt to apply for funding of any sort without having completed your business plan. It is simply a waste of your time. You also want to make sure that if you are going to write a business plan that you do a good job of it and make it as professional as possible. There are many articles online and books available at your local library to help you with writing it.
Saturday, July 25, 2009: Today I got some rest kinda slept in. At 10 am I went to visit my consultants. We brainstormed my business. Every other weekend I go over my ideas, make sure they are as narrowly tailored as I can get them. This is so I will be able to work my business specifically what services my business will be offering. I keep tweaking, just like you would a web site when you are new to the skill.
Go back to drawing board if you have to. If obtaining dealer (Full Article) were easy there would be no need for the process. And the economy is making it harder but hang in there it can be done. Be willing to go back and start over. Examine your business plan even dare to ask why the other guys turned you down. What you can fix do so and go knock on the next banks door. Some times you may have to go to a private investor. There are those out there with money to lend and getting small business loans that way can save an ailing company.
You forget the unwritten working capital loans rules of polite interaction Having had no one to talk to except the cats dog and occasional neighbor who by now has felt your wrath for not leaving when you asked them politely you havent talked to anyone since you left your job and find you’ve unlearned all the normal rules. Out come the crude words and mindless comments. You know all the stuff you’re used to sharing with the cat.
Bankers and other lenders, are typically averse to lending to start ups. This is because a majority of start ups fail before the first five years. Also, a start up has to financial history for the banker to look into. To convince the lender that your venture will succeed you need to first invest your money in the start up. Think of it as the down payment for a house. When you are looking for small business financing, it is best to approach the Small Business Administration first. Even if they are unable to finance your start up, they will be able to underwrite your loan, enabling you to get much better terms from your banker.
Small business owners also have the option of a SBA Microloan. The Small Business Administration has many loan programs that come with a guarantee for the commercial bank that is funding the loan. One of the best SBA programs is theMicroloan. This will give you working capital and help build your business credit rating.
Friday July 30, 2009: Last day of the month, wow, time really files when you are middle aged. Now that I am out of the “regular work force,” I look back, I see, that things had changed and I had not changed with it. Even though I wanted equal pay, equal respect for my intelligence at work, I did not realize that when women got in the work force, the “good ole girls” were way worse than the “good ole boys” and I did not fit their profile!
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