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Navigating Business Loans: When and How to Secure Funding for Your Startup

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Image source: Getty Images There are two things that we can say are for sure true about launching a startup. But it is also equally true that creating a startup is challenging. What is great is that there is no shortage of ways to fund a startup these days. First, it can and should be one of the true joys of life.

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Startups and SBA Loans

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No personal guarantees or collateral will be required for loan eligibility under this Act. So this sounds great for startups, right? There are many folks in startup land (lawyers, investors, CEOs, lobbyists, etc) who are working with Congress and the SBA to address this issue. Loan Proceeds Usage. Well not so fast.

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If You Could Trade Your PTO for a Loan or Extra Cash, Should You?

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Vacation time as loan collateral A tiny financial services company in Minnesota is letting people use PTO for a unique purpose. As reported by the Star Tribune , LLFS has a program where personal loan borrowers can use their vacation time as collateral. But is it a good idea to use PTO for anything other than a much-needed rest?

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Cash-Strapped to Cash-Flush: Real Ways to Fuel Your Business Idea

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Banks, credit unions, and online lenders offer a variety of loan products tailored to small businesses startups. The SBA does not make loans itself, but guarantees them, and as such, getting an SBA loan as a startup is easier than obtaining a traditional loan from a bank.

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Beach Point Closes Second CLO Totaling $397.44m

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Beach Point’s second Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO). Read more Notion hits €300m for its fifth fund, but is unimpressed by big rounds into Generative AI startups When it first appeared on the scene around ten years ago, Notion Capital was poised to take. JP Morgan acted as lead arranger.

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How a High Credit Score Can Help You Start a Business

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If you need to finance your startup with a lump sum, such as renting retail or kitchen space, then you're looking at small business loans. This will often mean either one of two things: Collateral: Some small business loans will require collateral, such as equipment loans that are secured by the equipment purchased.

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Transcript: Robyn Grew

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RITHOLTZ: And — and to — for a little context, maybe for some of the audience in America who may not be that familiar with Man Group, this isn’t like a startup. And the Japanese regulators were having a tough time with cross collateralization and issues about whether there were balance sheet accounting issues.