Sentences with phrase «of small business owners relied»

Twenty percent of small business owners relied on credit cards and business earnings to finance their credit needs.

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Let small business owners immediately claim write - offs for new investments, replacing the current system that relies on depreciation of business purchases over a period of years.

Most small - business owners rely on plastic at some point in the process of launching or growing their businesses.

A new Bank of America survey reveals that small - business owners rely heavily on their local economies.

Glacier Media, wrote Tyghe in an August 2012 report, has promise because smaller communities rely on these newspapers for information, while business owners and employees stay on top of sector news via its trade publications.

(New York, NY) March 24, 2010 — On Deck Capital (www.ondeck.com), a leading provider of small business financing solutions, announced today announced today that over $ 50 million of loans have now been made to more than 2,000 Main Street small businesses using its proprietary performance lending system which evaluates businesses based on electronic performance data rather than relying solely on the business owner's personal credit score.

Traditionally, small business owners have been slow to adopt video conferencing because of the inconsistent quality of consumer - grade systems and the prohibitive price of enterprise - level offerings, causing them to rely on the traditional conference call.

Small business owners and employees are traveling less and relying more on telecommuting, driving the need for a superior version of video conferencing: visual collaboration.

While a traditional bank loan often requires specific collateral before they will lend to a small business and may rely heavily on the personal credit of the business owner, OnDeck offers fast small business loans from $ 5,000 to $ 500,000 with a general lien on business assets during the loan term and a personal guarantee.

Add to those legions of retired workers and the many small business owners in the area who appreciate they're relying on a thriving shipyard for work.

To better their survival chances, entrepreneurs and owners of small businesses in rural areas must successfully pitch their ventures to «faraway, unknown banking officials» rather than relying on local lenders as in the past, according to a Baylor University study.

This will undoubtedly have a massive negative impact on small business owners and websites that relied upon every bit of income they could bring in, especially from a retail giant like Amazon.

«If you pay bills in cash or rely on a line of credit or loan, like a small business owner often does, then you'll have a terrible credit score even if you always pay your bills on time,» explains Michael Brattman, vice-president of personal insurance at Erb Insurance Brokers.

«If you pay bills in cash or rely on a line of credit or loan, like a small business owner often does, then you'll have a terrible credit score even if you always pay your bills on time,» explains

And while small business owners may be tempted to rely on the success of their business as their sole source of income and retirement savings or only diversify their portfolios among stocks and bonds, there are other options they should consider to secure their retirement savings in today's market.

What's more, the mean age of the survey respondents was just over 50, which demonstrates an overall lack of preparedness among a group that should really start preparing for retirement now — especially since small business owners have no one else to rely on when it comes to putting their retirement plans in place.

Whether they are startup entrepreneurs or small business owners, regional companies or national corporations, enterprise clients of every type have come to rely on the practical insights of Owen Bird's business law practitioners.

Maybe you're a freelancer who is relying on contract work, or maybe you're a small business owner who is one of only two or three people running the company.

Like anyone else who has dependents who rely on his or her income, a small business owner needs sufficient life insurance coverage to enable the family to survive in the event of the primary breadwinner's death.