A Paradigm Shift in Business Funding

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Even after bank bailouts, small businesses are still having difficulties getting loans from banks. Perhaps it is time for small business owners to step away from the past and focus on newer, more innovative and promising methods of business funding.

The Forbes commentary section recently featured an article about technology’s biggest moments. Though the article focuses on technology, the ideas can very well be paralleled to the status of business funding in the United States.

Writer, John Jordan argues that as a society, we tend not to recognize that the biggest technological advances are happening, even when we are in the midst of them. He emphasizes this by asking questions like “Do you remember your first internet purchase?” “…text message?” And by pointing out that even as USB sticks overtook disks and digital cameras demolished film, to many it didn’t seem like such a movement when it was actually taking place.

This could be the exact case when it comes to traditional bank business loans. Right now, small business owners and the media are focusing on the fact that bank loans have become almost impossible to attain. However, the bigger story may be that alternative and modern methods of business financing, such as the merchant cash advance, are becoming (or will eventually become) the norm.

As a small business owner, it may be a better option to shift your focus from the woes of being unable to secure bank funding and instead, dig deeper into researching alternative business funding methods that are feasible for your business, as these may be the funding methods that your business will regularly use in the near future.