Is your Bank a Welcome and Willing Partner in your Business? Why not? Here are my own tips, based on decades of working with both sides:...

This article is from Chapter 5 of Uncle Ralph's, "Don’t Do It the Hard Way”.  Read the book. That was easy, let’s do it again!...

Real Life Story: “Things not to say out loud.” When you are finally sitting down at the bank and reviewing your impressive and...

Real Life Story: “The answer is still No” In the early 2000’s during the infamous Dotcom bubble, my partner and I decided to launch an...

Finally we're writing the all important Executive Summary to the Business Plan. And, of course, it has to be concise. (Most advice also...

The most common reason for preparing a business plan is because the bank asked for one before evaluating a request for financing. We've...