Four Business Growth Ideas From My Back Yard
“Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” - John C. Maxwell I have felt some frustration this week as various reports have been published on [...]
A Little Something For The Effort: SBA Lending
“How about...you know.... a little something for the effort.... you know ....” Groundskeeper Carl Spackler to the Dalai Lama– Caddyshack Thinking about SBA lending [...]
Disruptive Innovation of a Slightly Different Kind
Disruption used to be such an exciting word, at least in the business community. I almost always linked to the word innovation. When I would hear the term “disruptive [...]
Belt and Suspenders and Then Some: PPP and SBA Dynamics
After the C’s and P’s of credit, one of my favorites expressions from my banking career is that it is a “belt and suspenders” [...]
PPP Perspective – Jump Right In, The Water is Fine. Trust Me!
In Stephen M.R. Covey’s wonderful book, The Speed of Trust, he asserts that when trust levels are high among participants in any transaction, speed [...]
SBA and PPP: How Can We Get Some Momentum?
The irony of it all! PPP. Paycheck Protection Program. When I began my banking career, I quickly learned the five C’s of credit. For [...]
Playing The Odds: Becoming Better Than Ever
My father is 92 years old. He lived through the Great Depression as a child. Many of his behaviors were symptomatic of that...generosity, commitment [...]
Small Business Still Standing, Together
Let me be blunt. The economic impact of COVID-19 is sucking the life out of the Small Business community. For many, business has ground [...]
Small Business and Spatial Disorientation
Everyone I know is trying to understand our new reality in the face of COVID-19. I suspect that my parents and those of their [...]
The Fighting Spirit of Small Business
Everyone has their favorite version of Rocky. For me, it’s hard to top Rocky 1. There was something about the fortunes of the movie [...]
