Front Range Factoring

Aug 25: Small Business Financing and Personal Relationships (Amex OPEN Forum)

A good take on leveraging one’s social network for business

Aug 16: Banks Ease Small Business Lending Standards (AP)

Aug 13: How to Find Willing Investors (Inc.)

When raising money, one should consider all the alternatives. For some, equity is a viable alternative and this article talk about it some

Aug 11: Loan program helps some small U.S. businesses survive (MarketWatch)

Good info on alternative sources of capital.

Aug 5: Small Business Lending: The Squeeze Goes On (BusinessWeek)

Good read

Jul 27: Many businesses want to expand but lack resources, study finds (LA Times)

See the article here

Jul 14: For small businesses, loans are plentiful as long as they’re plastic-backed (CNNMoney)

Interesting article, although fails to mention alternatives to traditional lending such as factoring, which can be longer term alternatives if used wisely.

Jul 13: For Small Business, Slow Gains In Credit (WSJ)

Update on the state of the lending market for small business HERE

Dunkelberg: Small Business, Small Banks & Credit—Two Views

Demand for credit is down – that’s why lending is down, not the other way around

TARP Junior?

Good presentation from Cambridge Winter, a think tank in Mass.