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I felt like revisiting Working Capital today – and wanted to compare a Working Capital Loan to a Business Cash Advance.  Working Capital Loans Working capital loans provide small businesses with the possibility of rapid growth by allowing them to meet their short-term financial needs.  Working capital loans are generally used to pay wages, clear […]

Athough I normally write about financing for existing businesses, I wanted to just provide some useful points here for anyone who is considering buying an existing business.  Key point: Due Diligence. I came across this thread where a woman says she is looking for “creative financing” to purchase an existing business.  There are some great […]

I came across a blog for aromatherapy providers with a post about the type of factoring called ‘invoice discounting.’  The gentleman who wrote it is from the UK – but it sounds as though they do things very similarly over there. Anyway, a few things caught my eye and I wanted to go over them: […]

Now, because I work in the credit card factoring/business cash advance business, it is not surprising that I love reading about different ways in which this form of financing can be beneficial to our customers. Last week I came across an article (tagged for pizza restaurants, but true for any of our clients) about how […]

Check out the article referring to the business cash advance industry online with specific mention of FastUpFront on Yahoo News!

I just finished reading a long article for small business owners about how he/she needs to prepare for the meeting with a banker when requesting a loan.  It goes over Cash Flow, Balance Sheet, Collateral, etc, etc.  And it tells the business owner to “…remember the old sales adage, ‘Fail to prepare; prepare to fail.’” […]

An interesting thing that many small business owners are thinking about as December begins the end of the year: taxes.  Now, I know that is not exactly an odd thing to think about near the end of the year – but as a recent tax-related article I read pointed out, this year is different.  Why?  Because […]

The business cash advance is a great alternative loan product that many business owners are cashing in on. The biggest problem with the business cash advance is that most business owners don’t even know they exist. Many people who apply for business cash advances on our website have never heard of advance until reading our […]

When it comes to small business, success is usually connected to flexibility- in other words, how well can the business adapt and change to the demands of its market. But what makes a business flexible? Small business flexibility really boils down to three things: Available working capital: This is one of the biggest challenges for […]

In addition to small business and business finance information provided in this blog section of FastUpFront, we are pleased to announce that our Business Articles section has been expanded to include a wide variety of business articles that are not just focused on small business financing. The Business Articles section taps into various topics such as […]