BUILDING YOUR CREDIT:

When you’re a business owner your credit history becomes even more critical. Building and maintaining good personal and business credit can help keep your company growing. See the articles below to learn more about building your credit:

• OPEN Insight Guide: Building and Protecting Business Credit
• Responsible credit management is essential to small business success. It can help your business get the money it needs when it needs it and at a good rate. Strong credit can also help your company close deals since many companies now check credit on vendors before agreeing to a contract. Here are some steps you can take to help ensure that your credit profile prepares you for borrowing.
  
  
• Case Study: Building Your Credit
• A small designer jeans store has been in business for just over a year and is looking to expand its space and product offerings. The business owner is applying for her first loan, but is wondering if she’ll get the financing that she needs for her expansion plans…
  
  
• Article: Securing Credit and Meeting Your Business Goals
  
• Fast access to cash will help a forward-thinking entrepreneur take advantage of rapidly changing opportunities, or help a troubled business get past rough spots in the road. Learn the five best practices that you should consider to improve and expand your access to capital.
  
  
• Article: Startup Financing During the Credit Crunch
• Creativity goes a long way when it comes to financing your startup during tough economic times. The credit crunch has resulted in rising defaults for revolving credit in addition to mortgages. It’s time to look for alternatives.