{"id":722,"date":"2019-07-01T19:47:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T19:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2024-09-04T08:12:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T08:12:41","slug":"business-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/01\/business-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Lending Today. . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t find many business owners these days who are looking for funding &#8211; the old way &#8211; from a bank, with their ridiculous qualifications, terms and time it takes to get approved, which is usually 90 or more days.  Business owners are steering clear of the banks and using alternative sources to get their needed funding.<\/p>\n<p>Many online lenders are brokers selling YOU and YOUR business to the highest bidder, leaving you with many questions.<\/p>\n<p>Today the entrepreneur must have answers\u2026 and fast.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Secure Loan Approvals Fast<br \/>\n\u2022 Professional and Personal Service<br \/>\n\u2022 NO Collateral Requirements or Personal Guarantees Needed<br \/>\n\u2022 Lowest Possible Borrowing Rates<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s business environment, it&#8217;s a given that competition is fierce.  In order to remain competitive and take it to the next level, money is needed for inventory, renovations, storage, growth and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some sources of MONEY to help the entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Loans: <\/strong>  SBA, Nonprofit Micro Loans, (banks if you have the stomach for it)<br \/>\n<strong>U.S. Government:<\/strong>  Small Business Lending Fund. Economic Development Agencies, National Institute of Health Funding, National Association for the Self Employed, Government Small Business Grants.<br \/>\n<strong>Alternative Lending Sources:<\/strong>   Kabbage, OnDeck, PayPal, Can Capital, Prosper.<br \/>\n<strong>Venture Capital:<\/strong>   The Funded.<br \/>\n<strong>Angel Investment:<\/strong>   Gust, AngelList, Circle Up, Angel Capital,<br \/>\n<strong>Boorstrapping:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Friends and Family:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Business Lines of Credit:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t find many business owners these days who are looking for funding &#8211; the old way &#8211; from a bank, with their ridiculous qualifications, terms and time it takes to get approved, which is usually 90 or more days. Business owners are steering clear of the banks and using alternative sources to get their needed funding. Many online lenders are brokers selling YOU and YOUR business to the highest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-funding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":959,"href":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kastlemanconsulting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}