Tag Archive for Alternative finance

Forex Money management tips

While it’s a fact that many traders are aware of, many traders ignore or put less emphasis on and end up losing their hard earned capital. In this article, we will discuss some money management tips that if followed will not only yield great success but give you consistent results in the future. Of course,
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Crowdfunder Seedtribe reveals exactly why it rejects businesses

We reject most applicants to Seedtribe. And it’s rarely because they aren’t good businesses. This seems harsh, but it comes down to our desire to help the companies that make the greatest impact. Our mission is to help companies we think will have the greatest positive impact on our world while delivering great returns to
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Lending to SMEs plummets: 84 per cent of country saw fall over past year

SME lending has fallen majorly in the last year, according to new figures. A whopping 84 per cent of the country saw bank lending to SMEs plummet as small businesses continue to face huge headwinds in securing finance, says Hadrian’s Wall Capital (HWC), the London-based specialist debt adviser. HWC says that 101 of 120 areas
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Financing tools for the blue collar business owner

It’s hard to run your construction company smoothly when your company pickup truck gets totaled (that will cost you about $30,000 to replace, according to Kelly Bluebook), or to keep your restaurant open when your aging industrial-strength walk-in refrigerator finally goes kaput (if you’re buying a replacement from Webstaurant, plan to shell out between $4,000
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How can a merchant cash advance help fund your business?

Customers aren’t only looking for the best products. They want experiences that distinguish your brand from the rest. Providing those experiences is a necessary cost. Those costs can get high. Your competitors are as serious about pleasing customers as you are. They’re willing to invest in customer service that will give them the advantage. It’s
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Four tips if your business is classified as high-risk

After you’ve done your research, made a business plan, and got financing, perhaps through alternative finance if you didn’t have enough of a track history to persuade a bank or traditional lender to believe in you, then you went through the process of picking a business structure, choosing and registering your business name, and getting
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Four tips on successfully flipping a home for a profit

There are a variety of ways that you can make large returns on your investments, which is why you will need to do a great deal of research to find the right fit. If you love real estate and the thrill of a challenge, then buying homes and flipping them for a profit is a
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Money, money, money! It’s a crowdfunder’s world

One of the most challenging aspects of getting a business off the ground is funding. You can attempt to venture down traditional avenues to raise the money needed, but if you’re new to entrepreneurship, the odds of being able to secure funding through these channels is pretty slim. In fact, 60 per cent of start-up
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How I used Seedrs to raise money for my doorbell business

Here, we speak to John Nussey and his wife Avril O’Neill about their experience of the equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, which they used to raise money for their innovative doorbell solution Ding. What were you doing before this? Both myself and John have ten years of experience in the design and technology industries. We had been running our
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Why a merchant cash advance offers an exciting funding solution for small businesses

If you are a business who accepts credit and debit card payments, a merchant cash advance could offer you a quick and easy short-term, unsecured funding solution. A business funding solution that enables you to access finance equalling your average monthly turnover of card transactions with no upfront fees or fixed term arrangements. The amount
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