Coleman Report

By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Movers and Shakers Coleman Movers & Shakers — Mary Anne Bradfield Named SBA Chief of Staff SBA Administrator Linda McMahon Appoints Mary Anne Bradfield as Chief of Staff “I’m so pleased to have Mary Anne by my side. Her wealth of private and public sector leadership and management experience, including…

March 2, 2017 By Bob Coleman Editor, SBA Hot Topic Special Edition SBA Hot Topic Tuesday Special Thursday Edition! SBA 504 Refi is Back! New SBA Franchise Forms Available. Yesterday’s reporting that the House Small Business Committee wants to eliminate SBA 504 debt refinancing is being disputed by NADCO. NADCO’s CEO B Vohryzek writes, “You…

March 1, 2017 By Bob Coleman Editor, C-Suite Wednesday C-Suite Wednesday — House Small Biz Committee Supports SBA 7(a) Funding Levels of $28.5 Billion in FY 2018 The House Small Business Committee released a report this morning that sets its priorities for FY 2018. $28.5 billion lending level for SBA 7(a) $7.5 billion lending level…

February 28, 2017 By Bob Coleman Editor, SBA Hot Topic Tuesday SBA Hot Topic Tuesday — Negative SBA Plum Job Reactions We get emails…. How many of these jobs are really necessary? 10 Regional Administrators @ $180k per? With staff and assistants and travel costs? Talk about a no-work job. That’s gotta be $5 million…

February 24, 2017 By Bob Coleman Editor, Fraud Friday Fraud Friday — Lamar Cox Part Deux Last week’s Fraud Friday covered the indictment of 73-year old Lamar Cox, the former COO of failed Tennessee Commerce Bank. Kit Menkin, the publisher and editor of Leasing News forwarded me a blog he wrote back in 2012 detailing…

February 23, 2017 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Movers and Shakers Coleman Movers & Shakers — Texas Capital Bank Creates SBA Lending Group TEXAS CAPITAL BANK CREATES SBA LENDING GROUP “Our mission is to meet the needs of our clients and SBA lending helps us deliver,” says Keith Cargill, president and CEO of Texas Capital…

February 22, 2017 By Bob Coleman Editor, C-Suite Wednesday C-Suite Wednesday — Small Business Owners are Optimistic that the National Economy is Headed in the ‘Right Direction’; an 11-Point Jump from Previous Survey Says Union Bank in their post-election survey. Stats you should know: Post-election survey finds small business sentiment mixed about the business climate…

February 21, 2017 By Bob Coleman Editor, SBA Hot Topic Tuesday SBA Hot Topic Tuesday — SBA’s Plum Jobs Last weeks article. Know where the saying “plum job” comes from? It’s from the color of book published every four years listing all of the jobs a new presidential administration must fill to run the government.…

Former Tennessee COO Community Banker Charged with Fraud 5 Years after Bank Failure February 17, 2017 By Bob Coleman Editor, Fraud Friday 73-year old Lamar Cox has been indicted for delaying the reporting of a $710,000 loss by Tennessee Community Bank. The loss was incurred on the sale of eight foreclosed properties for $4 million.…

February 16, 2017 By Bob Coleman Editor, Coleman Movers and Shakers Coleman’s Movers and Shakers — Linda McMahon Sworn In as SBA’s 25th Administrator Linda McMahon Sworn In as SBA’s 25th Administrator This week the Senate voted 81-19 for Linda McMahon’s confirmation. Ms. McMahon was sworn in on Tuesday, February 14th by Vice President Pence who…