Recent Articles: Loans - Banking - Investor Capital

In the marketplace, there are actually three different clocks at work that every business uses: one for operating expenses, one for sales and one for cash. » More

Jim Blasingame explains the difference between a sale from which you collect payment immediately, and a sale/loan when you extend credit terms to your customer. » More

The second of a two-part series: Jim Blasingame offers more tips to consider when finding and acquiring investor capital. » More

In the first of a two-part series, Jim Blasingame offers tips to consider when finding and acquiring investor capital. » More

Jim Blasingame explains the 6 fundamental underwriting elements lenders will use when considering a loan proposal for your small business. » More

Jim Blasingame reveals the most critical small business CEO tasks that result in success or failure like in the knowledge and practice of financial management fundamentals. » More

Since most businesses have been deleveraging post-2008 financial crisis, you could be forgiven for getting rusty at how to ask for a loan from bank. But as the economy picks up and you need growth ... » More

One of the markers of this post-recession, so-called recovery has been the practice of deleveraging. Across the economy, from consumers to businesses large and small, debt has become something to g... » More

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Small business expert Jim Blasingame discusses the difference between cash and capital, plus growth management guidelines for both. » More