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17 December 2007 0 Comments

Working Capital Loan vs Business Cash Advance

I felt like revisiting Working Capital today – and wanted to compare a Working Capital Loan to a Business Cash Advance. 
Working Capital Loans
Working capital loans provide small businesses with the possibility of rapid growth by allowing them to meet their short-term financial needs.  Working capital loans are generally used to pay wages, clear up accounts [...]

5 December 2007 0 Comments

Getting a Loan – Customer or Salesman?

I just finished reading a long article for small business owners about how he/she needs to prepare for the meeting with a banker when requesting a loan.  It goes over Cash Flow, Balance Sheet, Collateral, etc, etc.  And it tells the business owner to “…remember the old sales adage, ‘Fail to prepare; prepare to fail.’”
It [...]

29 November 2007 0 Comments

Helping Business Owners Get The Right Financing!

The business cash advance is a great alternative loan product that many business owners are cashing in on. The biggest problem with the business cash advance is that most business owners don’t even know they exist.
Many people who apply for business cash advances on our website have never heard of advance until reading our site’s [...]

25 September 2007 0 Comments

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 [...]

11 September 2007 1 Comment

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 [...]

3 September 2007 0 Comments

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.

3 September 2007 0 Comments

The Credit Crunch – What Options are Left?

Small businesses across the country are trying to survive the current credit crunch.  The recent changes in the credit market have resulted in much more restricted access to capital.  As any small business owner knows, access to capital is crucial to growing and surviving in business.
Capital was easy to come by for many small business [...]

28 August 2007 0 Comments

Four Keys to Avoiding a Cash Flow Crunch

1)  Bill Your Customers
Your clients won’t pay you unless you ask them to.  Many small businesses only send out invoices when they find themselves short on cash.  If you are taking on a regular client, negotiate a regular invoice schedule.  Scheduled and prompt billing is the first step to improving your business’ cash flow; make [...]

25 August 2007 0 Comments

The Search for Non-Biased Info on Bad Credit Business Financing

Today, I got a taste of some of the frustration our clients of trying to research small business cash advancing and bad credit business loans in general.  I was trying to look up some non-biased information (ie not put out by a creditor) so that I could quote it on here.  Although I found a [...]

20 August 2007 0 Comments

More Than Just Unsecured Business Cash Advances!

Welcome to the official FastUpFront Weblog (blog). Our core service is providing businesses with unsecured cash advances. We provide the necessary financial resources to promote, develop, expand or simply maintain small businesses to medium sized businesses.
Through this Blog (in addition to other areas of our website), you will be able to find current news, information, and business resources online. [...]