Fundera

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Every small business owner pours more than long hours into their company to make it succeed. There’s plenty of tears, sacrifices, and struggles to make a small business stand on its own two feet—all of which make the decision to sell all the more complicated. Selling a small business can be a complicated process, both emotionally and logistically. You’ll have to get your organization in tip-top shape before entertaining serious offers, make sure that your financials are rock-solid, and invest a

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GoCardless

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

As GoCardless specialises in bank to bank payments, using Direct Debit schemes around the world, you can’t use us to process card payments. In this video, Joe Robins discusses the three main reasons why this is and how this benefits out customers.

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It may seem like a jungle out there when you start to examine all the possible places to advertise your business online, but we’re here to guide you through this crowded (and often confusing) space. No matter how small your budget or how you decide to apportion it, allotting some of your advertising spend toward web-based promotion is a smart move. According to Unbounce, people who arrive at your website via a paid advertisement are 50% more likely to buy your product than those who came from an

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Stripe vs. Square vs. PayPal, Summarized. Stripe is an online payment API that’s best fit for high-tech business-to-consumer ecommerce companies. PayPal offers online checkout experiences, invoicing, and in-person payments best fit for ecommerce companies that need easy online payments. Square offers POS systems, online checkout experiences, and invoicing best fit for brick-and-mortar businesses.

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

What Is a Personal Guarantee? A personal guarantee is, essentially, a legal promise by the individual business owner or owners that they will repay any outstanding business debt if the business fails to do so. If you’re applying for a small business loan , you’re likely full of optimism—as you should be! Trying to secure financing without being positive about how the money could help your business is a recipe for disaster, especially if you’re loan application includes a person

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Craft beer is in the middle of a huge growth period. This $26 billion segment of the brewing industry began to spike in 2012, and hasn’t shown signs of slowing down some six years later. But as budding brewmasters look to start their own businesses, few can afford to invest the amount of capital—usually anywhere from $100,000 to $1 million —to open up their own facility.

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

An almost-universal truth about lawn care is that these business are very capital intensive and often require landscaping business loans to cover costs. Professional landscaping is hardly the grass-mowing chore of yore; it takes a lot more than a lawnmower and some determination to get the job done (although, true, those things help). You need tip-top equipment, a dedicated staff, and some great marketing at minimum.

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

For many, a love of liquor and wine is less recreation and more passion. If you’re fascinated by spirits, and enjoy helping others find what they love, too, it might be time to open your own liquor store. But how do you secure the funding for a liquor business, and what kind of liquor store loan is right to build your dream emporium? The answer is that, luckily, you have many options to explore for a liquor store business loan.

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

If you want your business to accept payments online , then you’ll need to partner up with a payment processing company that can reliably handle your digital transactions. As you research, two providers you’ll likely encounter are Authorize.Net vs. PayPal. But how do you know which of these platforms (or neither) is right for your business? . Before we answer that, let’s answer this: What do Authorize.Net vs.

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Associated Bank has three business credit cards. Whether you’re looking for an extended introductory rate or rewards for your spending, Associated Bank has a card to offer you. Even if your business checking account is with another bank, you might want to take a look at the Associated Bank business credit cards to see if any of the three cards would meet your needs.

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

When a business owner considers how to price a product or service, they must weigh many factors—things like supply and demand, production costs, profit margins , customer behavior, and competitive research—to name a few. It helps to understand the most common pricing models, and when it’s best to implement each one. In that spirit, we’d like to discuss a tried-and-true strategy used by all sorts of companies: discount pricing.

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Businesses today have a plethora of options to consider when hiring workers for their business. Entrepreneurs can leverage the gig economy to find independent contractors for project-specific or freelance work. They can also look to seasonal employees to handle the holiday rush and other peak seasonal assistance. And, of course, they can always hire traditional W-2 employees.

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GoCardless

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Learn how businesses integrate GoCardless into their website or app.

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GoCardless

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

And are they helping improve the late payment culture?

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

PayPal Small Business Solutions. Payment Processing – Credit and debit card processing on web, mobile, and in-person. Payment Gateway – Accept payments with any merchant processor. Invoicing – Create and send invoices by email. Business Financing – Obtain loans specially designed for PayPal sellers. PayPal Credit – Allow customers to pay over time for goods and services.

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Fundera

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

One of the most important decisions you’ll make as a small business owner is deciding how to accept and process credit card payments at your point of sale—and that means choosing the right payment processing company to partner up with. BluePay is just one of your options, and they can do a lot more for your business than only processing your customers’ credit card payments.

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