So, just how big is a “small” business?

Ok, in my last few posts, I talked about how equipment financing companies tend to advertise their “biggest” name clients, but in reality, most of their customers are fairly small businesses. But that begs the question – just how big is a small business? What size business is it? Is it two people, ten people, 100 people? Or… Read More »

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Equipment financing companies and who they finance (part 2)

Ok, last time out I talked about Equipment Financing companies advertising that they do business with all kinds of large clients. And then I stated that most equipment financing and equipment leasing deals come from small to medium sized businesses. Well, here I’m going to open the curtain a bit and show you the basic details of a… Read More »

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Equipment financing companies and who they finance (part 1)

One thing I always pay attention to is equipment financing companies and their websites / marketing (both my own company’s website and the competition.) And you know, I’ve noticed a funny thing: unless my company is alone on an island, it would seem that everybody else only finances equipment for big companies. Really, looking on some competitor websites,… Read More »

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Let’s talk about companies offering credit (part 2)

My last post talked about how the world has changed in terms of not just how we use credit, but how easy it has become for anyone to offer credit. I used credit card acceptance as an example of a small service (like a local ad agency) giving their customers the ability to pay via credit. Now I… Read More »

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Let’s talk about companies offering credit (part 1)

  One thing that I really like about the internet is how easy it makes doing business (and offering equipment financing). Allow me a quick story to demonstrate this: Years and years ago, a friend of mine started an advertising business. Basically, he wanted to be a “small town ad agency” helping Mom and Pop businesses advertise. And… Read More »

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