The most common type of lender is the commercial bank, credit union, savings and loan companies, or investment companies. These lenders offer business loans, however, often times these loans must be secured. This could mean offering up your personal assets as collateral. Although, the business is yours to do with what you want, these loans are very risky to any un-established business. And that’s assuming you qualify.

Unsecured loans, usually less than $100,000, are available to business owners based upon his or her personal credit history. Commercial banks may also request that a business have a co-signer or guarantor. This may mean finding a financial partner or checking into the various types of small business loans available through the federal government. Women and minorities have an even wider selection of entities willing to loan them business capital. Organizations such as the Women s Business Ownership, Women Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century, and several others cater to lending money to women that wish to start-up a business, still others actually guarantee them business loans.

Minority business loan programs are also available. Many businesses and government agencies or organizations allocate special funds to lend to minority business owners. The MBDA or Minority Business Development Agency is…

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Most people know that credit scores determine what and how much you can borrow from lenders, but very few are actually knowledgeable about how credit scores are calculated. When you attempt to borrow money from a financial institution or to obtain a credit card, the financial companies retrieve a copy of your credit report, which contains a score that qualifies (or disqualifies) you for the loan or line of credit.

Credit scores range from 340 to 850, and are used to determine the risk lenders take on when they give you money or credit. An individual with a credit score of 480 will pose a much larger risk to the lender than an individual with a credit score of 700. If you don t know your credit score, it might be a good idea to find out.

The three credit bureaus – Equifax, Transunion and Experian use a special type of software that uses the information in your credit report to generate a numerical score. Credit scores are sometimes called FICO scores because the first credit score software was produced and distributed by Fair Isaac Corporation FICO.

Credit scores are calculated using the following formula…

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Angel Investors play a crucial role in a business’ life cycle and the U.S economy. For example, when at the Seed and Start-up stages of a new company, the capital that an Angel Investor can provide will add valuable growth and expansion for the early business. If an Angel Investor is active in day-to-day operations, or as a board member, even more benefits and experience can be added to the young entrepreneurial endeavor or management team. Without this help, many novice entrepreneurs may never build large thriving businesses.

Angel investment bridges the gap for small business companies that are pulling themselves up by the bootstraps (bootstrapping) to later seek institutional funding; it covers a broader area of different stages of business. This is partly due to the many types of Angel Investors. The four primary types of Angel Investors are the following:…

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