An Unrecoverable Recovery?
The schizophrenic news reports of the economy are starting to make us “lay economists” realize what we all believed all along is actually fact: The mainstream media and government officials are actually quite clueless to what small business owners are really facing. Business owners are dealing with continued stagnation while decreasing cash flow and limited credit…
The Tale of Two Economies
While larger businesses are starting to recover, the small business is still under tremendous pressure. As we enter 2011, we are seeing an unprecedented and ominous pattern in relation to business: “The tale of two economies”, where there are two separate trends occurring. 1. Larger companies are seeing a slow, yet upward ‘recovery’. Some factory…
Business Restructuring for the (less than) 100 Employee Firms
Author: Jennifer Sloan A supposed recovery is underway, yet small business owners are seeing debt levels increase and accounts receivable slow. Historically in previous recessions, what created jobs in a recovery was small business. It is widely accepted that the under 100 employee business is the lifeblood of the economy. Economists are now in a panic.…
Small Business Financing Problems Continue
The lack of Business Financing continues to have a devastating effect on the economy. Unfortunately, the trend will continue for several more years. When it comes to securing capital, we live in a very small universe. There are countless independent ‘financing consultants’ willing to provide their services in most communities. The finance sources local financing…
Small Business Preparing for Increasing Challenges – Valcor Concerned at Ominous Trends
Small business owners are asking “Is there a bottom in sight?” Simply put, no. In the decades Valcor has provided small business debt mediation services, the economic trends have never looked so disturbing. As we are about to celebrate Independence Day, the Consultants at Valcor Arbitration Services have been discussing the extremely concerning and irrefutable trends…
Lemonade Out of Lemons
POSITIVE SPIN ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS We often speak with budding Entrepreneurs who have either just lost their job, or are worried about imminently being laid-off. One company was reported to say to their Employees that they were all to take a 20% pay cut… of course if they didn’t like it; they knew where…
Short Cash Flow Problems Will Cause Unemployment to Remain High
Short Cash Flow Problems Will Cause Unemployment to Remain High The U.S. economy can not rebound while capital is not being provided from banks to small business. Slowdowns in receivables are causing loan applications to be denied. Alternative capital sources now needed and are being provided by Experts. Small Business Needs Capital FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…
Old, Broken, Repackaged and New Again!
While many are aware that we are in unprecedented times, the “throw everything at the wall to see what sticks” level of Government intervention seems to be the only answer coming out of Washington DC these days. With TARP, the largess of the highly controversial stimulus package, GMC, AIG, as well as the potential for…
