http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Brent+Finlay Business Management Brent Finlay Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=69002&ca=Business+Management Small business start up money is a highly sought after commodity as more and more people are trying their luck at self employment. Statistically, the odds of small business start up success is less than 20% within a 5 year period. A large part of the reason for getting your loan request turned down,... Finances Brent Finlay Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=49656&ca=Finances Before we go any further, let's make sure we're working from the same definition of hard money business loans. For the purposes of this discussion, hard money business loans and hard money loans in general, are typically secured by real estate. Because the lender is not usually concerned with the ap... Business Brent Finlay Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=41739&ca=Business Avoiding the top 7 business financing mistakes is a key component in business survival. If you start committing these business financing mistakes too often, you will greatly reduce any chance you have for longer term business success. The key is to understand the causes and significance of each so t... Business Brent Finlay Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=38999&ca=Business Many owners and managers struggle to get the small business financing necessary to operate and grow. And while most people would universally agree that lower cost debt is better than higher cost debt, both end up having their place and purpose. Low cost debt financing is reserved for low risk applic... Business Management Brent Finlay Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=35379&ca=Business+Management Depending on whose stats you pay attention to, approximately 80% of small businesses fail within their first 5 years of operation. In many cases, its not that a particular business could not succeed; there just wasn't sufficient time to figure out how to succeed. Which brings us to the worst small b... Business Brent Finlay Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=32461&ca=Business Finding proper business financing is not easy at the best of times for most small and medium sized business owners and managers. There are a number of reasons that collectively explain why the business financing market can be so difficult to understand and navigate. But probably the single biggest r...