Business Accounting The Real Reason Banks Deny Loans to Many Small-Business Owners Do you know your business credit score? And what are you doing to raise it? By Levi King
Building a Business Why It’s a Bad Idea to Mingle Small-Business and Personal Banking By Jay DesMarteau
Business Accounting The Secret Credit Score Every Business Owner Should Know About, and How to Build Yours By Kari Luckett
Building a Business 4 Reasons ‘Alternative Financing’ May Be Right for Your Business By Larry Baker and Charlie Tribbett
Business Accounting Busting 5 Myths About Small-Business Lending The crucial funding you need is available and not just from angels and VCs. By Jared Hecht
Business Accounting Why Isn’t Access to Credit for Small Business Improving in 2015? Some 50 percent of small businesses that applied for financing in 2014 haven't yet received it. By David Nilssen
Building a Business 8 Ways to Make Certain Optimism Doesn’t Blind You to Signs You’re Going Broke Never stop believing you will succeed and never stop watching for signs you are failing. By Jared Hecht
Building a Business How to Finance Your Business Yourself Here's what you need to consider if you're thinking of bootstrapping your business. By Teresa Ciulla
Building a Business Why Equity Funding May Not Be the Best Loan Choice for Your Small Business Four questions to ask to ensure you're going after the right type of loan. By Larry Baker and Charlie Tribbett
Building a Business How to Find the Right Lending Alternative for Your Small Business Four reasons you may need to borrow, and alternative lending options for each one. By Kari Luckett
Building a Business Financing Your Small Business Through a Family Office This oft-overlooked option might be the key to getting your company the funding it needs. By Adam Aronson
Building a Business How Small-Business Owners Can Win the Health Insurance Game You have more options for employee coverage than you think. By Michael Stahl
Building a Business When Seeking an SBA Loan, Remember the 5 C’s Banks analyze these five factors to determine whether to approve your small business loan application. By David Nilssen
Building a Business How to Up Your Small Business’s Cash Flow — Fast Secure working capital with these under-the-radar tools By Eyal Shinar
Business Accounting 4 Tips for Landing Revenue-Based Financing No profit? No assets? No problem. By Michelle Goodman
Building a Business Why Alternative Financing Options Might Be Best for Your Small Business The small business financing landscape is continually changing, with more options than ever before. By David Sederholt
Building a Business Starting A Business? You Need These 3 Basics. Every entrepreneur should have these fundamentals in place before launching a full-blown business. By Ami Kassar
Business Accounting This Alternative Financing Avenue Allows You to Tap Into Retirement Funds Rollovers as business startups can be a sound capitalization strategy, but it does expose you to a risk of loss of retirement funds. By David Nilssen
Building a Business Applying for a Short Term Business Loan Online? These 4 Steps Can Protect Your Startup. Be informed and know for sure if signing with an unregulated lender is the right option for you. By Ami Kassar
Building a Business Have a Scary Box of Receipts in Your Office? This Startup Wants to Help You Quickly Organize Your Finances. Financial management platform BodeTree is rolling out a feature that allows small-business owners to skip the shoebox full of receipts, skip the accounting software and go directly to a clean, sorted financial dashboard. By Catherine Clifford
Building a Business Meet the 20 Business Owners Who Just Won $150,000 and a Trip to Google The winners of this year's Mission Main Street Grants program are the largest group of recipients since the program's start three years ago. By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business 6 Smart Tax Moves to Take Before the End of the Year These tips will help you save on your tax bill and put some money into your retirement fund. By John Hewitt
Building a Business The 5 Things You Need to Land Venture Capital Find out what VCs look for before investing in a new company. By Teresa Ciulla
Building a Business Everything You Need to Know About Attracting Venture Capitalists A primer on the types of financing venture capitalists provide and what they look for in a company. By Teresa Ciulla
Business Plan How to Find an Angel Investor Angel investors used to be hard to find, but that's no longer true. By Teresa Ciulla
Building a Business First Time Crowdfunding? Here’s What You Need to Know. A quick primer on the pros and cons of crowdfunding your new venture. By Teresa Ciulla
Building a Business How to Write a Business Plan Banks Can’t Resist Here's what your business plan needs if you want startup capital from a bank. By Teresa Ciulla
Business Plan Family Business: The Pros and Cons of Getting Funding From Loved Ones If you're thinking about getting friends and family to loan you money to fund your business, read this first. By Teresa Ciulla
Business Accounting This Group Aims to Connect Socially Responsible Startups With ‘Retail’ Investors The TriLinc Global Impact Fund looks for established social enterprises in stable emerging markets that are ripe for growth capital. By Jessica Pothering
Business Accounting Avoid These 5 Common Small-Business Financing Mistakes Between the hidden fees, overlooked costs and simple misconceptions about true costs, borrowing money is a good place to look for ways to save money. By Eyal Lifshitz