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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, September 6th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Banking Industry, Small Business, Top Stories / Comments Off on Small-business groups can match banks, borrowers
Business is as much about who you know as what you know.
Long-time art gallery owner Sylvia White came to realize that as she struggled to get financing to purchase a building in downtown Ventura. She had purchased the gallery space with owner financing several years earlier. But now the five-year period on that high-interest loan was coming up, and White needed a bank to take over. She was turned down by lenders again and again.
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By Staff Report / Friday, September 6th, 2013 / Latest news, Small Business, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on Anatomy of a business failure: How one small firm was squeezed out
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, August 30th, 2013 / Banking & Finance, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy / Comments Off on 30 regional firms rank among fast-growth U.S companies
Thirty tri-county firms ranked on the Inc 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. this year. The national rankings include area firms in the software, employee benefits, hardware and moving and storage industries, to name a few. The Business Times chatted with two Inc 5000 CEOs to get their take on what’s Read More →
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By Marlize van Romburgh / Friday, August 23rd, 2013 / Features, Green Coast, Small Business / Comments Off on To B or not to B: Small businesses say yes to benefit corporations
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By Stephen Nellis / Friday, August 23rd, 2013 / Features, Small Business, Technology / Comments Off on Hack attack: How to keep your small-business site secure, on a budget
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By Dara Barney / Friday, August 16th, 2013 / Features, Small Business, Women Inc. / Comments Off on Blow dry on the fly: Quick-fix salons invade upscale locales
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