Posts Tagged ‘Main Steet Monday’
Main Street Monday: “Pop-Up” Liquidation Strategies: An Evolution in Effective Inventory Monetization
November 7, 2016 By Ben T. Nicholson President, Fortis Business Advisors Contributer, Main Street Monday Main Street Monday: “Pop-Up” Liquidation Strategies: An Evolution in Effective Inventory Monetization To characterize a worse-case scenario of an asset-based loan gone bad, imagine a financial institution repossessing the collateralized inventory assets from a loan in default. The borrower is…
Read MoreMain Street Monday: Retail Pop-Up Liquidation Strategies
November 7, 2016 By Ben T. Nicholson President, Fortis Business Advisors Contributer, Main Street Monday Main Street Monday: “Pop-Up” Liquidation Strategies: An Evolution in Effective Inventory Monetization To characterize a worse-case scenario of an asset-based loan gone bad, imagine a financial institution repossessing the collateralized inventory assets from a loan in default. The borrower is…
Read MoreMain Street Monday — SBA Opposes CFPB Payday Lending Proposed Regs
October 17, 2016 By Bob Coleman Editor, Main Street Monday Main Street Monday — SBA Opposes CFPB Payday Lending Proposed Regs Why do we care about SBA’s support of payday lenders? Because, next up on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s agenda will be rules affecting small business lenders — especially online lenders — the lenders…
Read MoreMain Street Monday — Small Business Lending Standards Relatively Unchanged
August 8, 2016 By Bob Coleman Editor, Main Street Monday Main Street Monday — Small Business Lending Standards Relatively Unchanged Says the Federal Reserve in its July 2016 senior loan officer survey. Overall, banks tightened credit standards for large and middle-market businesses For very small businesses, annual sales less than $5 million, credit standards remain…
Read MoreMain Street Monday — Harvest Small Business Announces Management Team for 7(a) License Bought from Mark Feathers’ Court-Appointed Receiver.
June 6, 2016 By Bob Coleman Editor, Main Street Monday Main Street Monday — Harvest Small Business Announces Management Team for 7(a) License Bought from Mark Feathers’ Court-Appointed Receiver. Co-Managers Todd Massas and Adam Seery have joined the senior management team at Harvest as Managing Directors, and will jointly oversee sales, originations, and strategic portfolio…
Read MoreMain Street Monday — Small Business Lending Defaults Remain Low
April 11, 2016 By Bob Coleman Editor, Main Street Monday Main Street Monday — Small Business Lending Defaults Remain Low Default outlook remains low given the tepid investment and conservative approach to expansion small businesses have taken. The business cycle remains intact with expansion at low risk. The moderate credit cycle continues, even with rises…
Read MoreMain Street Monday — Can the Franchise Model Survive the NLRB Ruling?
Main Street Monday — Can the Franchise Model Survive a NLRB Ruling? Last month’s ruling by the National Labor Relations Board opens the doors that franchisees may become de facto franchisor employees — managers, not small business owners. The NRLB ruled garbage hauler Browning-Ferris Industries should be considered a “joint” employer” along with a staffing…
Read More5 Things to Consider When Making an SBA Franchise Loan
September 14, 2015 By Walter H. McLaughlin Coleman Report Contributor Senior Vice President/SBA Manager Banner Bank 5 Things to Consider When Making an SBA Franchise Loan Every good business model recognizes the need for balance between supply and demand. In the SBA world, franchise lending is a microcosm of that basic economic principle. A 2014…
Read MoreMain Street Monday — Online Small Business Lenders Have Brick & Mortar Lending Concerns
Online Small Business Lenders have Brick & Mortar Lending Concerns. July 27, 2015 By Bob Coleman Editor, Main Street Monday Are online small business lenders ready for the coming regulations surely to be imposed on the industry by the Consumer Protection Finance Board? Last year, I told the group “Winter is Coming,” in the form…
Read MoreMain Street Monday — SBA Office of Advocacy Highlights Barriers to Small Biz Growth
April 27, 2015 By Bob Coleman Editor, Main Street Monday The Office of Advocacy has released a study examining the challenges holding back small innovators. Lessons from the 3D Printing Industry, which I am fascinated with,identifies the barriers hindering the growth and development of small innovative companies, and offers solutions to those barriers. Eleven key…
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