Monthly Archives: August 2007

See previous article about bartering for background. There are about 500 bartering organizations in North America.  How do you know which ones to join?  There is no universal RIGHT answer here, you just need to ask the questions, and see if the answers meet your bartering needs. First off, membership fees are generally low monthly (occasionally […]

Since so many of our clients are in the food service industry, I decided to research books that customers from Amazon.com rated 5 stars for Restaurant Management.  These are the books they recommended: 1. The Restaurant Managers Handbook: How to Set Up, Operate, and Manage a Financially Successful Food Service Operation by Douglas Robert Brown (Hardcover […]

Bartering removes the money element; thereby relieving strain on your cash flow.  You are a restaurant in need of advertising?  Great!  You provide catering at a big morning meeting and, voila, you get barter credit which you can use to get those flyers – and maybe also a paint job.   A key side-effect (and the […]

Okay, I sat down to do the previously promised top 10 customer rated books on small business taxes, and I see that there are really only about 6 from the last 3 years that have 5 stars, so here they are: 1. JK Lasser’s Small Business Taxes 2007: Your Complete Guide to a Better Bottom Line (J […]

1)  Bill Your Customers Your clients won’t pay you unless you ask them to.  Many small businesses only send out invoices when they find themselves short on cash.  If you are taking on a regular client, negotiate a regular invoice schedule.  Scheduled and prompt billing is the first step to improving your business’ cash flow; […]

Today, I got a taste of some of the frustration our clients of trying to research small business cash advancing and bad credit business loans in general.  I was trying to look up some non-biased information (ie not put out by a creditor) so that I could quote it on here.  Although I found a […]

I had a “simple” idea for a blog entry today:  thought I would find the top 10 rated books on amazon.com for small businesses.   I think Amazon needs a new search engine!  In the end, I simply searched in the ‘books’ category for “small business management” and sorted by customer rating.  After taking out books […]

Disclaimer: We will not be held liable for any information held on the sites listed below, I haven’t researched the companies putting out this information, I have simply tried to include comparisons coming from all sides (ie companies who help incorporate, those who help create proprietorships and those who specialize in creating a Limited Liability […]

Although your credit score is totally irrelevant to working with us, here at Fast Up Front, it is still key for small businesses like yours.  Despite that, the vast majority of small business owners don’t seem to understand how business credit is established at all, let alone GOOD business credit. Because of its importance, I […]

Welcome to the official FastUpFront Weblog (blog). Our core service is providing businesses with unsecured cash advances. We provide the necessary financial resources to promote, develop, expand or simply maintain small businesses to medium sized businesses. Through this Blog (in addition to other areas of our website), you will be able to find current news, information, and business resources […]