504 Loan Blog: Curated by Mercantile Capital Corporation
I wrote a blog post for commercialdeals.com/blog that was posted last night. They had asked for my take on the mid-term elections, and I thought you might find this interesting. There were five top issues for small businesses in this year’s mid-term election, and these same things should be carefully watched during the next two Read More »
I know that elections aren’t until November, but I think right now is the perfect time to start learning about the candidates we’ll be voting for later this year. That’s why I decided to host an Open House last week and invite the Congressional candidates from Florida’s 24th District – – the one MCC resides Read More »
Humbly, my very first “official” job after graduate school in the mid-90s was working as a temp for a few weeks doing “clipping work.” What I mean by “clipping work” is that I was the on-staff clipping “service” for all things of interest to my employer. Full disclosure: I got paid (not terribly well) to Read More »
I flew into New York City early yesterday afternoon and met with Marshall Eckblad, the national banking reporter for Dow Jones (owners of the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, SmartMoney, and others). And after getting his personal tour of the Dow Jones offices (including seeing the wall of Pulitzer Prizes and “The Hub,” where reporters from Read More »
This probably comes as no surprise to you, but I’d like to share my thoughts on President Obama’s first State of Union Address that was delivered just a little over a week ago. For the sake of time (both yours and mine), I’m going to restrict the majority of my comments to the President’s remarks Read More »
So it’s been a little while since I’ve blogged about something political, but it’s kind of hard to overlook what occurred one week ago today in Massachusetts. And no, I’m not going to get politically dogmatic here in today’s post . . . those of you who’ve been reading what I write for a while Read More »
I’ll be the first to admit that President Obama gives a great speech. It’s amazing how he somehow manages to juggle competing ideas without really landing on either side. Last week, he announced a troop surge in Afghanistan, but also promised not to stay too long. This week it’s job creation, and how we need Read More »
For the past several months, I’ve been following U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe’s attempt to help struggling small businesses through the implementation of the ARC Loan Program – – a stimulus-package incentive she helped to create, no less. You’ll recall that this “America’s Recovery Capital” loan program provides a maximum of $35,000 to a small business Read More »
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