C-Suite Wednesday — NY Fed Says Small Banks Make 52% of Main Street Loans

March 30, 2016 C-Suite Wednesday — NY Fed Says Small Banks Make 52% of Main Street Loans By Bob Coleman Editor, C-Suite Wednesday From their just released 2015 Small Business Credit Survey. Other interesting takeaways: Small banks are the primary source of small business lending FinTech lenders have a dismal 15% borrower satisfaction rating, compared…

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The Zillow of Small Business Valuation

March 28, 2016 By Bob Coleman Editor, Main Street Monday Episode 17 — Michael Carter, Founder and CEO of BizEquity Mike Carter has over 15 years experience in enterprise software and technology services. He’s founded three software companies. Mike was chief marketing officer of a publicly traded billion dollar Internet company and has been called…

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Fraud Friday — Ex-Community Bank CEO Gets 11 Years in Jail

March 25, 2016 By Bob Coleman Editor, Fraud Friday Fraud Friday — Ex-Community Bank CEO Gets 11 Years in Jail The 74-year old founder and former chief executive officer of Nebraska’s largest bank failure learned his fate this week — 11 years in jail for bank fraud. Prosecutors said Lundstrom concealed delinquent and uncollectible loans…

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Coleman’s Movers and Shakers

March 24, 2016 By Bob Coleman Editor, Movers and Shakers Participate in our 2016 SBA BDO Compensation Survey to Receive a Free Report! Take the 2 min survey (Survey Closes Friday, March 25, 2016.) The Coleman Report has published a compensation study of SBA BDOs since 1994. Data is collected in two ways: First, we…

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C-Suite Wednesday — Why you Need to Start or Invest in an SBIC

March 23, 2016 By Marty Teckler Partner, Kelley Drye mteckler@kelleydrye.com Contributor, C-Suite Wednesday C-Suite Wednesday — Why you Need to Start or Invest in an SBIC “Banks and their holding companies and certain investment advisers can derive significant regulatory advantages from participating directly or indirectly in the SBIC Program whether or not Leverage is obtained.…

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Main Street Monday – Franchisees Bullish on Economy

March 21, 2016 Main Street Monday – Franchisees Bullish on Economy By Bob Coleman Editor, Main Street Monday Edith Wiseman serves as President of FRANdata, a leading advisory and research firm focusing on the franchise industry. Wiseman played a pivotal leadership role in the creation and growth of the Franchise Registry, a website accessed by…

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