Driving home from work recently, I saw a new “For Sale” sign in the yard of a house in our neighborhood. The home is tidy and well-maintained, but it isn’t necessarily someplace that would grab your attention while driving down the road. Then I noticed a smaller placard affixed to the “For Sale” sign, which read, “I’m Gorgeous Inside!”...

In our last blog post, 8 Reasons Why Bankers Should Call on More Growth Companies, I made the case for why bankers should be calling on more startups. While banks have traditionally been somewhat wary of these fast-growth, new idea-type companies, believing that they were too risky, I contend that there are numerous advantages to calling...

Hey bankers...I hate to have to break this to you, but the internet is taking your place.

In the February 11 edition of the Barlow Research Associates' Analyst's Journal, Joel Mueller discusses a concerning stat from their first quarter 2015 Pulse data: while 75% of small businesses solicited advice about various business activities in...