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6 Critical Signs of Cash Flow Challenges: Find and Fix Them Now
February 10, 2025
Here is a list of common cash flow problems that businesses face. While not every sign may apply to your specific business, recognizing relevant warning signs can help you identify and address potential issues before they are problematic.
Request for Qualifications: Professional Services Consultant(s)
January 31, 2025
Grow America’s core services include technical assistance and capacity-building, to local governments and non-profit corporations. Our organization is seeking Professional Services Consultant(s) to provide services to the technical advisory division.
5 Fresh Approaches to Meeting Small Business Loan Production Goals in Today’s Market
January 10, 2025
The current lending environment presents unique challenges for small business bankers. Within these challenges lie opportunities to revolutionize small business lending approaches. By combining time-tested banking principles with innovative strategies, institutions can unlock new pathways to growth.
The Grow America difference: Support at every loan stage
January 4, 2025
As a small business owner, you’re more than just a business–you’re a vital part of your community. Whether you run a neighborhood restaurant, a local retail shop, or a growing service company, your success creates a ripple effect that brings opportunity to others.
Revamping Your Pricing Strategy for the New Year: Balancing Profit and Competitiveness
January 3, 2025
It’s common for small business owners to struggle with one of the most important aspects of success–pricing your products and services correctly. That’s because for many entrepreneurs finding the sweet spot in which your prices are competitive while still enabling you to earn a profit can be about more than simply math.
Growing Your Business? Here’s How to Play it Safe While Thinking Big
December 28, 2024
Business growth is an exciting milestone that shows your hard work is paying off. When customers love your products or services so much that you need to expand, it’s a clear sign you’re doing something right.
How much is your business worth? Three ways to value your company
December 20, 2024
Understanding your business’s value isn’t just important when you’re ready to sell—it’s crucial knowledge for securing loans, getting proper insurance coverage, and planning for your company’s future. This knowledge becomes especially critical when seeking financing, as lenders, particularly for SBA loans, often require professional valuations for business acquisitions.
How Grow America’s Innovative Lending Approach Helped Stabilize a Unique Real Estate Development Project
December 9, 2024
When Dean Williams and his partner Michael Mason envisioned WOMPA, they saw beyond the typical mixed-use development playbook.
Understanding Current Small Business Financing Challenges and Opportunities: Highlights from the 2024 Federal Reserve Report on Employer Firms
December 6, 2024
For small business lenders, understanding today’s rapidly shifting financial landscape is crucial for building strong client relationships and identifying growth opportunities.
The Power of Partnership: How Building a Referral Network Keeps Banking Relationships Strong
December 5, 2024
Remember when small business banking was simpler? When relationships were built on handshakes and your biggest competition was the bank down the street? Those days might be gone, but here’s the good news: today’s challenges are creating profitable opportunities for small business bankers who know how to play the long game by building referral relationships.