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We wrote a post about a month ago asking the question, “Is ‘Occupy Wall Street’ hurting small business?” We had a lot of responses from people on both sides. Well, now we dug deeper into it and gathered some research across the country to show whether it truly is hurting small businesses or not. The [...]

Every big company starts with humble beginnings. This graphic tells the stories of entrepreneurs who took 5 businesses — Apple, Whole Foods Market, Mattel, Amazon.com, and Starbucks Coffee — from their garage to the 500 most lucrative companies on Earth. Want this graphic on your site? Please use this embed code: Looking for business financing? [...]

With a slow economy, many people have turned to entrepreneurship as a means to pay the bills. Which begs the question, what’s better today — getting a job or starting a business? We dug deep to find out the numbers and have compared the risk of starting a business to keeping a job. If you’ve [...]

If you can’t qualify for a traditional business loan, or if you don’t have time to wait for those funds, there are other alternative financing options that might be the answer — especially when those funds will equal a big return. AR and PO financing (accounts receivable and purchase order financing) are two choices for [...]

As banks have tightened terms over the last few years, alternative loans are quickly gaining in popularity. So much so that banks are noticing the competition, and starting to loosen their belts. Crowdfunding is one of the newest alternative loans, which are very similar to peer to peer loans. Our friends at Intuit have designed [...]

Business loans, angel investors and venture capitalists — in many cases, these three entities are determining the success or failure of small businesses across the country. In this graphic, we have taken a deep look at each source of capital, have uncovered how much money is going where, and identified common considerations, compromises and benefits [...]

Infographic helps correct misconceptions about the Small Business Administration, and documents the history of the organization dating back to the Great Depression. SALT LAKE CITY – As loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration hit records high last week, the Obama Administration has been busy putting even more resources and money into the SBA. As [...]

The SBA’s roots date back to the 1930s, when Herbert Hoover created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to help businesses get out of the Great Depression. Here’s a look at the SBA and how it came to be: Want this graphic on your site? Please use this embed code: For almost 60 years, the Small Business [...]

Note: This is a guest post by Christian Lanng, CEO of Tradeshift. We’re honored to have him on our blog: In July, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that all Treasury Bureaus must implement electronic invoicing by the end of the 2012 fiscal year. The initiative is designed to improve government efficiency and cut [...]

Only 31% of men and 26% of women know the difference between hard and soft credit pulls. The biggest difference? Hard credit pulls will ding your credit. Soft credit pulls will not. When you’re looking to get a small business loan and expecting multiple inquires, that’s a big deal. If someone asks to pull your [...]