One of the hardest things about starting a business is finding enough money to get your idea off the ground. You probably have very little in the way of funds and a limited amount of time to secure finance. It is hard to get a potential investor’s attention and it is even harder to sell…
Are you tired of bank savings deposits that yield next to nothing on returns as a result of low interest rates? There is a growing revolution in practice that may put an end to this. Thanks to Peer to Peer (P2P) lending, individuals may no longer have to rely entirely on traditional banks for their…
A big part of running a small business, especially in its infancy, is finding enough money to get the whole thing rolling and growing. Often times, SMB owners need to find new ways to survive before they can get into the black and stay there. Now, we all know that in order to save money,…
Building a small business from the ground and up is a fulfilling endeavor – and a profitable one, too. Getting there, however, is a tough act to pull off. Did you know? 8 out of 10 startups fail within the first 18 months – an 80% failure rate! And in an analysis of 101 startup…
Whether you’re trading part-time or full-time as a business, you need to find the right platforms from which you can execute your trading and investment plans. The ever-growing popularity of online trading raises a question: Is it really beneficial for traders to use online trading platforms? Just to begin with the definition, online trading is…
Running a small business, as you probably already know, is a spectacularly difficult thing to do. It feels like90-hour days would not be enough to get everything done. The same goes for money – everywhere you look, you are hemorrhaging money and it feels nothing can stop the bleeding. And this is just the stuff…
Invoice financing is the future of cash flow management and is a great option when thinking about the best way to manage cash flow, but in many cases business aren’t aware that it is even an option. Even though many bigger industries are using these tools to manage cash flow, these financial tools aren’t necessarily…
There’s no getting away from paperwork and bookkeeping when you’re in business. Even the smallest and simplest of operations has to keep records to satisfy the taxman that they’ve paid all their dues. There are ways of taming the monster, however, and here are three of them. Get Ahead at Tax Time With Cloud Accounting…
Small business financing is one of those things you thought would never change. Banks and credit companies are one of the most archaic type of companies you’ll ever encounter. These financial facilities were dominating 100% of a multi million business, which is only growing bigger as years go by. These sleeping giants are now waking…
Online lending institutions have grown to hold somewhere in the neighborhood of ten billion dollars in outstanding credit loans for US small businesses, as of early 2015. Ten billion is certainly a lot of cash. However, it’s a pretty paltry one percent spec of the bigger picture, considering traditional lenders (banks and finance companies) have…
