Small businesses use their line of credit for cash flow to run daily operations and pay vendors, suppliers, and business partners. Unfortunately, a business line of credit is hard to come by. Even if a company already has one.
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This One Thing Will Cost You Time, Money and Sanity
Have you heard about payday loans? Chances are good you’ve heard nothing good about them. They trap customers in an endless debt cycle. You wouldn’t dare, right?
10 Reasons This Is a Better Way to Get B2B Small Business Funding You Need
You might be looking for working capital to grow your B2B business, get a little help to pay bills, or bring costs down by buying in bulk. Like most small businesses, cash flow fluctuates in yours. It always seems to work out that when you need more cash, it’s not available.
What You Need to Know Before Pursuing Small Business Funding
Of course, you want to grow your B2B small business. That might be tricky to do if you’re like those businesses surveyed in Wasp Barcode’s State of Small Business Report. More than half of the respondents plan to invest fewer than 3 percent of their revenue on marketing. In this case, it should be no surprise why growing revenue is the No. 1 challenge for small businesses.
How Do I Get a Client to Pay up?
This is a true story. Names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty.
A prospect contacted me interested in my company’s services. We discussed the project and came to agreement on the scope and price.
14 Ways to Ensure You Always Have Cash Flow
A colleague told me about a long-time client and friend who passed away. The business went with him. It happens. That’s life. While his business made up about a third of hers, she weathered the loss of income because she had enough cash stashed away to cover her while she looked for new clients.
Another colleague texted me to let me know that her computer had died. Fortunately, she was able to buy a new computer the same day and restore her backed up files to the new computer.
How Late Payment of Invoices Are a Danger to Your Small Business
Cash flow makes or breaks a small business. If you don’t have the cash to pay expenses and make payroll, then your business can’t survive. Simply put: no cash, no business. This can and does happen even if you have all the customers you want and talented employees who do their jobs well.
What You Need to Know About Cash Flow Management
Your small business could have all the clients it wants and be profitable. Yet without cash-on-hand, things could fall apart in an instant. Profits don’t guarantee you’ll always have cash to pay employees, purchase supplies and take care of your vendors. The good news is that you can control your finances to ensure cash is always available. It begins with understanding how cash goes in and out of your company.
Trends in Small Business Cash Flow Management and Payment Practices
A few eye-opening trends have emerged in the Atradius Payment Practices Barometer survey that will help you stay on top of your B2B company’s cash flow. This survey looks at corporate payment behaviors in the Americas.
Get a Small Business Loan or Working Capital Without a Big Bank
Many small businesses avoid seeking loans, but not for the reasons you think. According to a Sageworks survey, business owners opt not to pursue small business loans because they don’t want to take on debt (62 percent) or think they won’t get approved (24 percent).
Data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) shows that small business lending — for loans less than $1 million — has dropped between 2008 and 2012. It has yet to see improvement since.