Top Five Books on Amazon in Small Business and Entrepreneurship as of December 4, 2009 Put More Cash in Your Pocket:  Turn What You Know into Dough – Loral Langemeier Crush it!  Why NOW is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion – Gary Vaynerchuck Getting Things Done:  The Art of Stress-Free Productivity – David Allen Good to Great:  Why Some Companies  Make the Leap…and Others Don’t – Jim Collins The 7 Habits of [...]

This week, is Global Entrepreneurship week, where countries around the globe will work to “…inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity,” (Unleashing Ideas website).  As a provider of business funds to merchants across the United States and in Canada, Merchant Resources International supports and understands the importance of this. According the unleashingideas.org, students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, non-profit leaders, government officials and many others will participate in various activities this week, ranging [...]

SBA Loans Easier to Get? The Obama administration has announced new initiatives to help increase lending to small businesses.  The Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department plan to increase the maximum sizes of 7(a) loans, 504 loans and microloans. **Note:  Small business owners who do not qualify for SBA loans may apply for unsecured business cash advances.  Furthermore, merchants who already have bank loans may use business cash advances as additional funds. America’s Top [...]

Arc Loan Status The America’s Recovery Capital program was designed to aid small business owners whose small businesses have been negatively affected by the recession.  These loans of up to $35,000 are backed by the Small Business Administration and can be used by business owners who have owned their businesses for at least two years.  The loans should be used to pay off existing debt. ARC Loans have been available for small business owners since [...]