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Introduction to Accounting & Commercial Borrowing for Small Business Owners

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February 15, 2022 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm CST

Online presentation by Dennis Corley of Three Roots Capital – Zoom link will be sent upon registration

  • Learn the basic terms used in accounting
  • Learn how to communicate with your accountant or bookkeeper
  • Learn about the basic financial statements and how they are used
  • Learn how lenders use these financial statements in considering a loan
  • How is business borrowing different that personal borrowing?
  • What do lenders look at when considering a loan? (The five “C”s of credit)
  • What’s the deal with Personal Guarantees?

If you have more questions after this presentation, you can sign up for a follow up appointment in person at the CBI on February 22 between 12-3pm cst.

Free

Cumberland Business Incubator

2569 Cook Road
Crossville, TN 38571 United States + Google Map
931-456-4910
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National Small Business Week!

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Don’t miss National Small Business Week!

National Small Business Week is April 30 through May 6 this year. It really gets rolling on Monday, May 1, with the NSBW Awards Luncheon in Washington, D.C., when SBA Administrator Linda McMahon announces SBA’s National Small Business Person of the Year. However, don’t feel left out if you can’t make lunch with Linda. On the following days, live events will be broadcast online. Here’s a listing of those events:

  • Monday, May 1, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET: NSBW Awards Luncheon. Streams on SBA website.
  • Tuesday, May 2, 11:30 a.m. to noon ET: Facebook Live with SBA Administrator Linda McMahon. Streams on Facebook.
  • Wednesday, May 3, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET: National Small Business Week Road Tour Kicks Off in Indianapolis, IN. Streams on Facebook and SBA website.
  • Thursday, May 4, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET: National Small Business Week Road Tour Stops in Arlington, TX. Streams on Facebook and SBA website.
  • Friday, May 5, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. PT:  National Small Business Week Road Tour Ends in Fresno, CA. Streams on Facebook and SBA website.

Finally, you can join or monitor the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag  #SmallBusinessWeek.

Personal Guaranties & Business Loans

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Business loans – particularly those for new startup businesses – often require the borrower to provide a personal guaranty for the bank to proceed with the loan.  A number of the clients that we speak with aren’t clear that if the business is unable to make the loan payments that they are personally liable to pay the business loan back even if the business closes.  In short, you promise to pay the loan back even if the business no longer exists – from your personal assets.

The following article, written by an attorney, helps explain the personal guaranty…     

Personal Guaranties: What Small Business Owners Need To Know

BY JOSEPH F. KOLB

Why do small business owners need to know about personal guaranties? Because personal assets – homes, cars, checking accounts – are on the line, not just business assets.

As a small business owner, it’s likely you’ve been asked to sign a personal guaranty agreement.  If not yet, you will be. Personal guaranties are staples of small business financing.  Consequently, it’s to your benefit to know a few things about them. Continue reading →

Big Small Business

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You are in a group called “big, small business” if you employ at least five people (other than yourself), do over $500,000 per year in annual sales, and have been in business for at least two years. That’s the smallest of the “big, small businesses”. The “large, small businesses” employ 15 or more people (all the way to 500), with annual sales between $2 million and $25 million. That’s a huge range, but according to the Small Business Administration anything under 500 employees is a small business. Continue reading →

Buy Local

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Consumers like to buy locally made things. The July 21-July 27, 2014 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek contains an interesting article about a potential new local trend. The owners of Absolut vodka, the French group Pernod Ricard, are looking to profit from those buyers who will pay a premium for small-batch locally made vodka. They are franchising. Pernod supplies the distilling equipment and the vodka recipe, but the production, sales and marketing and some profits are the entrepreneur’s. Continue reading →