504 Loan Blog: Curated by Mercantile Capital Corporation
Whether or not you were able to attend my webinar yesterday about the new SBA 504 loan refinance rules, there’s a good chance you’ll be interested in viewing a replay and/or having the presentation slides for your reference. Just over 500 people registered for this webinar, and I spent nearly 45 minutes just answering questions Read More »
George LeMieux is campaigning for election to the U.S. Senate here in Florida. He was appointed to the Senate in 2009, following Mel Martinez’s resignation, and he’s now running against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson as well as several Republican candidates. I got the chance to sit down with George last week to talk about his Read More »
I know that National Small Business Week is technically over, but I think it’s important to celebrate America’s small businesses every day. I’ve had the honor of interacting with countless business owners, as a commercial lender and as a small business owner myself, and I’m grateful for their hard work and efforts that create jobs Read More »
If you’re not familiar with John Galt or who he is, you really ought to pick up the novel, Atlas Shrugged. To find out why it’s one of my all-time favorites (and why it should be one of yours) and what its message has to do with us (MCC) as a commercial real estate lender, Read More »
Now that we’re past April Fool’s Day (did you see www.elephantsoccer.com?) and we’ve sufficiently explained the latest SBA 504 refi rules (go here for my webinar on it), here’s the third and final video clip from my discussion with a class of MBA students at the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College several Read More »
Today we’re releasing some major news … something we’ve kept under-the-radar screen since last year when I visited Nepal. Read the full release below, leave me a comment to let me know your thoughts, and stay tuned for further details on this. __________________ News Release (with photos) Mercantile Capital Corporation Announces Participation in Elephant Soccer Read More »
This is the second part of the lecture I delivered to a group of MBA students at the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College few weeks back. The video below is about the remaining 10 lessons for successful entrepreneurs (if you haven’t seen the first video where I talk about the first 8 Read More »
NOTICE: This is one of the most important blog posts you’ll read here. In early March, I was invited by the Crummer Graduate School of Business at Rollins College to be a guest lecturer for their Executive Class on Entrepreneurship. I got to tell my story to this group – the story of how Mercantile Read More »
It’s no secret that the SBA has a less-than-stellar reputation in the minds of most business owners and even some lenders. The general assumption is that the SBA is stodgy, slow and not worth the hassle. But I think it’s time that we stop vilifying the SBA. In speeches and interviews lately, I’ve been pointing Read More »
Last year, we decided to create a custom Birthday card for our Clients and ordered enough just for 2010. Now that we’re into a new year, we’ve crafted another card for 2011 birthdays. For the record, I had zero input on the design of this card — this is the handiwork of my Marketing Team. Read More »
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