Joy Greenwood
Feb 3, 20163 min read
HOW FICO FACTORS INTO FUNDING
As hard as you work to separate business from personal – whether you’re talking about your income, assets, or liabilities – why is it...
Joy Greenwood
Jan 8, 20163 min read
THE BANKING RELATIONSHIP
Every small business owner understands the importance of vendor accounts, merchant services, working capital, and credit cards to their...
Joy Greenwood
Dec 28, 20152 min read
CELEBRATE ANOTHER YEAR
There is more to celebrate this week than just the upcoming New Year. Each January 1, your business is officially one year older. For...
Joy Greenwood
Dec 4, 20153 min read
WHEN BUSINESS BUYS REAL ESTATE
Many of our subscribers are real estate agents, managers, brokers, investors, or flippers – or those who want to be. So we get asked one...
Joy Greenwood
Sep 3, 20152 min read
LINES OF CREDIT IMPACT BUSINESS
The real estate market is awash with investment possibilities due to (or in spite of) the current economic climate. As more and more...
Joy Greenwood
Mar 31, 20152 min read
NOTHING PERSONAL
One of the biggest mistakes people make in small business is the failure to separate their personal credit and assets from their business...
Joy Greenwood
Jan 2, 20153 min read
EXPANDING VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS
For most small business owners, the relationships they build with their vendors and suppliers are the backbone of their very existence,...
Joy Greenwood
Jul 28, 20143 min read
ACTIVE PARTICIPANT
The bulk of the data appearing in your business credit profile is acquired by sources outside of D&B, whether from banks, credit card...
Joy Greenwood
May 30, 20144 min read
STRUCTURED FOR CREDIBILITY
Banks and lenders will provide up to ten times more credit to a business client than they will to individuals or a sole proprietorship. ...
Joy Greenwood
May 5, 20143 min read
A STRONG FOUNDATION
Those who know credit will tell you, the best time to build business credit is while you are building your business! Credit...
Joy Greenwood
Apr 10, 20144 min read
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
There is NO ONE who can guarantee with any certainty they will be able to attain any certain dollar amount of credit for you in a...
Joy Greenwood
Mar 31, 20144 min read
DEFINE YOUR BUSINESS
If anyone is going to paint a picture of your business, don't you think your hand should be on the brush? D&B will create a composite...
Joy Greenwood
Mar 28, 20143 min read
PROTECT YOURSELF
It is crucial that you only provide accurate and verifiable information about your company to D&B and other agencies. Conspiring to...
Joy Greenwood
Mar 14, 20142 min read
BE IMPACT RESISTANT
Seemingly trivial factors can derail your business credit profile. No matter how hard you work to build your credit profile, no matter...