Having worked with or for online lenders for the better part of a decade, I know firsthand how difficult it is to remain competitive in an ever-growing marketplace. Cost of funds remains high from upmarket lenders and margins are thinning by the day. Yet consumers and small business borrowers are demanding ...
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What’s the difference between an employee and a subcontractor? Entrepreneur Network partner Mark J. Kohler understands why business owners hate asking this question: It’s tedious. Rather than properly examine the difference, many business owners choose instead to take a shortcut and simply label everyone in question a subcontractor, giving them ...
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With an estimated 99.95 percent of small business owners and entrepreneurs opting for debt financing, knowing how to prepare your business for a loan application is a must. Among the documents that a lender will review, your personal credit as well as your business credit are criteria that play an important role — both ...
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How much do you need to know before you start investing? Most people suggest you should work in an area you are an expert in, but what if you want to jump into a new field? What if you want to start working in real estate, but you’ve never done ...
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You might have heard a few investment myths that have kept you from diving into the market. For example, the idea that you need a lot of money to start investing just isn’t true. In this video, Entrepreneur Network partner Brittney Castro explains why it isn’t true and why you should ...
Read More »Dave Ramsey's 5 Budgeting Tips for Small-Business Owners…
Entrepreneur has an affiliate partnership with Hurdlr so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase. You may have heard of Dave Ramsey before—perhaps from one of the 500+ radio stations his program The Dave Ramsey Show is syndicated on, or one of his five New York Times bestselling ...
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Being a successful entrepreneur can mean enduring insults from competitors and even lies from jealous peers. Once you climb to the top of your industry, though, this doesn’t bother you. When you’ve established a good reputation, those people can’t really hurt you. However, when you’re just starting out, you’re like ...
Read More »An Entrepreneur's Guide to Whittling Down Travel Costs…
There’ll come a point in your entrepreneurial journey when you’re presented with opportunities to travel. But, as I’ve written before, you’ve got to carefully filter these opportunities and tips to determine which ones are bringing you the best ROI. Then, once you’ve figured out what the gems are, the next ...
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