Can we really bring together 21 lenders who want to fund your business growth?

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After months  of planning, outreach and tons of community support, we’re getting so close to next week’s Access to Capital event in Chicago! And couldn’t be more excited! If you’re a business owner from the Illinois area looking to fund you’re business growth, we sure hope you’ll join us at the Navy Pier on Wednesday, […]

Deep Dish Pizza, the Bulls, and Small Business: That’s Chicago!

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[Editor's note: We're pleased to welcome this first post from, Biz2Credit, written by Liz Jacob, a writer and editor living in New York. Biz2Credit Business Loans is an online credit resource for small business loans, business loans for women, equipment financing, working capital and other funding options. They've secured $800 million in funding for small business owners in the U.S. […]

Big Apple Takes a Bite of Small Business

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We’re following Gatsby fever and heading to The Big Apple as we gear up for this year’s installment of the nation’s largest B2B trade show, Small Business Expo: New York, being held on Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. @ Pier 92! This year, Small Business Expo is back, and better […]

Given the Political Climate, Small Business Hiring Dips

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The most recent Private Capital Access Index report produced by Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management, in partnership with Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp., revealed that 55% of owners are less confident in their business growth prospects than one year ago (pdf). While this number may seem similar to the millions of other vague statistics […]

Will the Fiscal Cliff Deal Affect Your Small Business?

Fiscal Cliff -- Good or bad?

As I read through the news around the effect of the Fiscal Cliff deal on small businesses, one thing sticks out… While there are likely to be very few changes for most small business owners, there’s a ton of uncertainty. For example, while reading through my small business news on Zite, it isn’t uncommon to see […]

Want Funding? 54 Insights from Traditional Lenders, Alternative Lenders, Entrepreneurs, and Successful Business Leaders

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In the wake of our successful, first-ever Access to Capital event, and just in time for Small Business Saturday, we combed through the hours and hours of video recorded at the event to provide you these 54 nuggets of financial wisdom! Want to dive deeper than just great quotes?  Watch the presentation in full here: Let […]

How to Get the Most Out of Small Business Saturday for Your Business

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Small Business Saturday is right around the corner, so we thought we’d share some of the great resources you can use to get the most traffic to your small business this holiday season! Last year, we hosted so many great interviews with Small Business experts like Derek Halpen, Kristi Hines, Mari Smith and so many […]

David Hornik – Top 10 Takeaways “Uncensored”

David Hornik

Renaissance man would be a less than generous label for David Hornik, currently a General Partner with August Capital, lecturer at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and the creator and Executive Producer of The Lobby Conference (insert breath taking here). Docstoc’s Jason Nazar caught up with Hornik at his most recent Startups Uncensored and per usual, was able […]

Wish You Had the Capital to Grow Your Business?

Panelists for A2C

We’re so excited to announce our first ever Access to Capital: Money to Mainstreet event! We’ve lined up an incredible group of speakers who are all focused on educating you and another small business owners on what it takes to get funding in this economic environment.  These executives hailing from companies including Wells Fargo, Lendio, Pepperdine University, City […]

Small Business Owners: Top 50 Twitter Influencers Worth Following

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Last June, we published a list of  The Most Influential Small Business People on Twitter that went crazy viral (more, more, more, more…) and with 195 subscribers to the twitter list, it’s clear that business owners are interested in filtering through the noise in order to connect with the right people and get the most out […]

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