by Grow America Staff | Sep 11, 2025 | Small Business Lending
A wave of opportunity is coming — are you ready to catch it? Over the next five years, the Baby Boomers who have made up a substantial portion of the workforce since the 1960s will be retiring. The Silver Tsunami, as it’s been dubbed, reflects the wave of retirees who...
by Grow America Staff | Sep 11, 2025 | Small Business Lending
You’ve spent years building your business, pouring yourself and your time into it, and you may not be able to imagine what life would look like without it. But there may come a time in the near or distant future when selling your business is the best option....
by Grow America Staff | Sep 3, 2025 | Small Business Lending
At a glance Crescent Lighting Supply was in a growth phase which made it difficult to qualify for traditional commercial financing. The owners’ character and business experience factored heavily in Grow America’s ability to use SBA 7(a) financing which allowed...
by Grow America Staff | Aug 15, 2025 | Small Business Lending
Here’s a dilemma in small business lending that’s seldom addressed: When loan applications are rejected due to problems with financial documentation, sometimes, the problem isn’t actually with the business’s financials—instead, it’s in the way the financials are...
by Grow America Staff | Aug 6, 2025 | Small Business Lending
Picture this: It’s Friday afternoon and you have $8,000 in the bank with a $15,000 payment due to a vendor on Monday. You’re expecting a client payment to come through, but it doesn’t. Your first instinct might be to panic or to ignore the situation altogether and...
by Grow America Staff | Jul 9, 2025 | Small Business Lending
Sarah stared at her business credit card statement in disbelief. There it was: a $500 charge from a software company she barely remembered signing up for. Eight months of automatic payments totaling $4,000, all for a tool her team had stopped using after the first...
