Business Knowledge Hub

Get financial insights, advice and business education to help you run your business.

Working with Factors

Making sure you have enough working capital to handle payroll and stay current with your suppliers is a never-ending challenge for many types of businesses. Exploring alternative ways of financing,…

Managing Your Inventory

Selling products or goods to customers is the reason many companies are in business. To be successful, that means you must have the products on hand for them to purchase.…

Sources of Start-Up Funding

You’ve come up with a plausible idea for a business. That is great! An idea gets you to the starting gate. However, you get into the race with money. Startup…

Business Loan or Line of Credit?

Business lines of credit often have more flexible repayment terms than a standard business loan. Business loan payments are typically fixed over the repayment period, while business lines of credit…

Basic Accounting Statements

Keeping track of the money in your business is essential if you want to prosper. However, most small business owners have skills or a specialty that inspired them to start…

Buying an Existing Business

The joy of owning a business is the dream of many would-be entrepreneurs. If you are one of them, you have two main choices: start a company from scratch or…

Working With Outside Investors

Depending where they are in their startup phase, new businesses often get several types of investment funding. Though some entrepreneurs can bootstrap, that is fund themselves from savings and continue…