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Getting Your Personal Finances On Track Before You Start A Business

Strategy Driven

Improve Your Credit Rating. If you’re planning to borrow to set up your business, then you do need to make sure that your credit rating is at a healthy level. Be aware that a credit rating can change based on a variety of different factors.

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Why Leaders Need to Think More Like Professional Gamblers

Leading Blog

We tend to see situations in one of two ways: either events are certain and can, therefore, be managed by planning, investment, and reliable budgets; or they are uncertain, and we cannot manage them. Probabilistic risk managers will think about the future of how they work. Let’s consider a few examples.

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The 5 Easiest Ways to Build Business Credit

Women on Business

Guest Post By: Meredith Wood, Community Manager (Learn more about Meredith at the end of this post). Cash flow is the lifeblood of any small business, and as any small business owner knows, it’s one of the hardest parts of a business to manage. 5- Stay patient – Building business credit it a process. It takes time.

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How Can You Manage Your Small Business Finances More Effectively Using Loans?

Strategy Driven

Also like other types of loans, a business owner’s credit rating can be a deciding factor in whether a loan is approved or not, and it impacts the interest rate of any loan as well. Much like any other loans, they come with interest to pay, and there is also variable loan vs fixed to consider.

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Emergency Loans: 4 Tips to Consider

Strategy Driven

Of course, some lenders allow you to negotiate interest rates for these loans, with applicants with a credit rating of 750 and above having the upper hand. You will need to build your credit history over time to give you a better chance of getting emergency loans when you need them. Confirm Your Eligibility.

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A Guide to Marketing Your Business: 2020 Edition

Strategy Driven

If your credit rating is in bad shape, Now Loans shows you can still acquire funding this way despite the hurdle. It can cost thousands on a monthly basis, or it might not even require any money at all. If outside financing is required, however, one of the best options is to acquire a loan. Analyze the results.

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Secure leadership for an insecure economy

Chartered Management Institute

Welcome to the insecure economy – and a whole new set of management challenges Jaroslav Chudej CMgr FCMI recalls a particularly alarming moment from his 20-plus year career in the hospitality sector. It also shows the degree of power that sits in the hands of untrained managers. The easiest thing was simply to blame someone for it.