Government Grants - Free Money?

Government grants for small businesses are frequently brought as a solution for entrepreneurs looking for funding.  It is often perceived to be an easy, low-risk way to get “free money.”  Although I already knew the basics about small business grants, I decided to research this option and compare it to the sort of  small business [...]

Bank Loans vs Leasing vs Cash Advances

Many business owners have been turning to leasing as an alternative to bank loans.  Now, more and more businesess are also tapping into small business cash advance services as a financing solution.  Cash advances can be used either in combination with or in place of leasing.
The following list takes a quick look at various aspects of bank loans [...]

Government Business Grants: Applying for Business Grants Online

After writing a post on making the decision to pursue the Government Grant path, I decided to put together some links for grant seekers.
· Here is a list of Federal Government Resources, including Grants, Contracts, and Auctions that provides a list of links to government grants.
· For information on finding and applying for government grants, and also [...]

Cash Flow Tip - Business Cycle Coordination

One of the most important steps in attempting to calculate cash flow is breaking your business down into cycles.  Some examples of business cycles are:  inventory cycle, accounts payable cycle, sales cycle, and accounts receivable cycle. 
The key to smooth cash flow is to coordinate these cycles as much as possible with one another. Unfortunately for many [...]

Resources for Women with Small Businesses

For all those female entrepreneurs out there, here are some great resources that I found compiled on the SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership site.  Some, like the library and courses, are good for all you entrepreneurs, regardless of gender.  Many of these organizations are great ways to network, in addition to the specific benefits [...]

Small Business Collections - 6 Tips

The most frustrating thing about running a small business is EVERYTHING that is out of your control.  One of these things is when your customers don’t pay you.  Here are some tips on collecting that money which is owed you already, and which you need NOW.  While you are waiting for your money, if you [...]

Beauty / Hair Salon Financing – A necessary but near impossible loan to acquire.

Growing a hair / beauty salon business requires financing! Lenders know that these business can really struggle with varying receivables and high overhead. A successful salon needs time to develop a loyal customer base. A salon’s success is based on a local following and until that business has established it’s “regulars” overtime, revenue can be very [...]

Improve Cash Flow: 8 ways to Getting Receivables Sooner

Our customers come to us when they are in a cash flow crunch.  Many of them are running very successful businesses, only the timing of their payables and Receivables is simply a bit out of sync. 
Here are 8 things you can do to shorten the time between when your customer wants something, and when you [...]

Working Capital – Four Things to Plan!

Working Capital = Current Assets–Current Liabilities
Just like the human body needs calories to survive, a business needs working capital to continue operations.  Working capital is the money that is on hand for normal business operations.
If you have a solid business plan, and business is going well, then you should generally have enough income on hand [...]

Link - Pros and Cons of Accounts Receivable Financing

Here is a reasonably good, apparantly unbiased article with pros and cons of accounts receivable financing from About.com.  I will post more articles as I find them.

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