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- Business Equipment Leasing And Financing In Canada . When And With Whom To Lease - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2012 from Stan ProkopAs always, it's a question of the right time and right place. We're discussing business equipment leasing in Canada. When should Canadian business owners and financial managers consider lease financing for asset acquisition and use. We've got some basic checklists on what works when, and, as ...
Views: 490 - Business Leasing & Equipment Finance – Do You Know These 4 Secrets Of Lease Financing ? - by Submitted on May 03, 2012 from Stan ProkopBusiness leasing and equipment finance in Canada. Does your firm take advantage of these 4 secrets of lease financing in Canada, thereby maximizing the benefits of an already proven business finance tool used by 80% of North American ( that’s Canada too by the way !) business. Let's focus ...
Views: 754 - Business Lines Of Credit Make The World And Your Company Go Round! Canadian Working Capital And Secured Facility Information . - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2011 from Stan ProkopDid you hear the one about the Canadian firm that went out of business because they were too profitable and growth was great? That's an ironic statement to many business people, but the reality is that profits don’t equal cash flow and business lines of credit via a secured facility is the ...
Views: 399 - Buying And Financing A Business Acquisition . Loans To Finance Existing Businesses - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Stan ProkopBuying and financing a business acquisition is one of the major challenges of firms in the SME (Small and medium enterprise) sector in Canada. Unlike the big boys who have access and funds available to hire expensive talent to complete the transaction the Canadian SME business owner and ...
Views: 658 - Canada Government Small Business Loans . Let The SBL Loan Give You An ‘A’ In Canadian Business Financing - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Stan ProkopCanada government small business loans - can they give you a sense that you have just achieved an ' A ' grade in Canadian business financing? We think so, and here is why the SBL loan makes solid sense for your firm, whether you are a start up, or if you fall under the 5 Million dollar sales ...
Views: 671 - Canadian Accounts Receivable Finance ! Avoid The ‘ Fat Smoker ‘ Crisis Via Confidential Invoice Factoring - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2011 from Stan ProkopWe're the first to admit we're always on the lookout for a solid business analogy. Enter the 'fat smoker' crisis as it relates to accounts receivable finance and confidential invoice factoring in Canada. A U.S. publication entitled 'Strategy & The Fat Smoker ' talks about how either in our ...
Views: 419 - Canadian Commercial Business Bank Financing - What’s Right ( And Wrong ) With Your Banking Strategy - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2011 from Stan ProkopCanadian business owners and financial managers assess their commercial business banking and financing needs at different times in their company's life. As in many other facets of business it's a little difficult to develop a solution and fix a problem if you don't understand the fundamental ...
Views: 404 - Canadian Equipment Financing . When And Why To Consider Business Leasing Companies For Funding Your Corporation - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2012 from Stan ProkopEquipment financing in Canada. Let's discuss when... and why you should utilize business leasing companies for Canadian asset finance. The motivations behind equipment leasing in Canada vary by client. The reality is, and many don't look at it this way, is that the motivators are actually ...
Views: 657 - Canadian Franchising - Key Components Of A Successful Loan For A New Or Existing Franchise - by Submitted on May 03, 2012 from Stan ProkopCanadian franchising. Got your act together? The act we're referring to of course is your ability to successfully secure a franchise loan for a new or existing franchise in Canada. Let's focus in on some critical components of what to do and with whom! It's not as hard as you think to turn ...
Views: 732 - Canadian Franchising Loans - 3 Issues in Buying A Franchise You Need To Address - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Stan ProkopCanadian franchising loans. Buying a franchise is one half the battle when it comes to selection, location and price and return on investment - the other half of that equation is of course getting the financing you need to complete a purchase successfully. We get a lot of questions around the ...
Views: 640 - Carrying On Without Cash Flow Is Not An Option ! Analysis and Solutions For Canadian Business - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Stan ProkopCarry on? Without business cash flow? That's not an option for Canadian business owners and financial managers. That's why the analysis of their cash and working capital needs, in the context of solutions available is so critical in today’s business environment. So are we all in agreement? We ...
Views: 643 - Cash On Hand! What A Concept ! Let Canadian Accounts Receivables Credit Financing Via Factoring Funding Be Your Solution - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2012 from Stan ProkopAccounts receivable credit financing is one method in which thousands of firms in Canada generate ' cash on hand '. That phrase is of course the accounting/business term which business owners and financial managers in Canada refer to with respect to their positive cash balances. Your ...
Views: 772 - Caution - Danger Ahead ! IT Finance And Computer Leasing . Technology Financing Tips - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2011 from Stan ProkopIt's probably just us, but we think there’s no aspect of equipment financing in Canada where one small piece of info could cost you, or make you thousands of dollars. Let's cover off some IT Financing (IT = Information technology) basics. All of a sudden that cautionary road sign up ahead wont ...
Views: 452 - Confessions Of An SBL Government Loans Super Fan . The Canada Small Business Loan - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2012 from Stan ProkopSBL government loans. I guess you could call us a fan, even a super fan. The word fan comes from the root word ' fanatic ‘, denoting an ' enthusiastic devotee. So why is the Canada small business loan the recipient of our full support. Let's try and preach to some of the potential ...
Views: 780 - Cracking The ( SBL Loans ) Code . Fast Track Your Approval On The Canada Government Small Business Loan - by Submitted on May 03, 2012 from Stan ProkopSBL Loans in Canada. How can the Canadian business owner or financial manager ' crack the code ' when it comes to the Canada small business loan. It’s of course a government program that helps businesses get the financing they might otherwise not be able to achieve. Let's examine some crucial ...
Views: 918 - Creative Ways To Use A Capital Leasing Company In Canada. Lease Finance Companies Have Your Solution In Hand - by Submitted on May 03, 2012 from Stan ProkopIs your company getting the most from an asset and capital leasing company in Canada? Let's examine how your firm can maximize some really creative benefits from lease finance companies in the Canadian marketplace. Equipment finance doesn't have to be a ' complex ' form of business financing ...
Views: 748 - Danger Signs ( And Solutions!) For Canadian Working Capital Financing . Real World Cash Flow Solutions - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2011 from Stan ProkopCash flow solutions are sort of best implemented when you know what the problem is. Makes sense, right ?We're discussing working capital financing and the danger signs your firm needs to look for to both prevent and of course solve some of those problems . The challenge in business financing ...
Views: 433 - Dealing With An Equipment Lease Company Seem Like The Occult Of Capital To You? Financial Leasing Is Common Sense. Here’s Why. - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2012 from Stan ProkopNot fully up to speed on how, when and why to deal with an equipment lease company in Canada. Financial leasing doesnt for capital assets your business needs doesn't have to seem like the occult to your company. Let’s establish some common sense ground rules on equipment leasing in Canada. Enter ...
Views: 623 - Dear Abby : What Do I Need To Know About An Asset Based Revolving Credit Facility And ABL Loan? Signed: Anxious - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2011 from Stan ProkopDear Anxious - A great question and now for some hopefully great answers on the subject of an asset based revolving credit facility for your company. No doubt you have heard about the relatively newest form of business financing in Canada .What you may not understand is simply how an ' ABL ' ...
Views: 491 - Do Your Competitors Use A Customer Finance Vendor Program To Beat You At The Sales Game? - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2012 from Stan ProkopThinking about a customer finance vendor program? We know for sure that many Canadian business owners and financial managers recognize that their competition sometimes wins the sales battle, without even beating you at actual pricing / cost. How do they do that? If you had the ability to get ...
Views: 707 - Does Your Canadian Company Have A Serious Asset Finance Loan Or Leasing Strategy ? You Need One! - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2012 from Stan ProkopAn Asset Finance Leasing and Loan Strategy ? Most Canadian business owners and financial managers realize they can either purchase fixed assets out of equity, or finance those same assets on a long term lease. Business owners need to focus heavily on the use of the asset. Any company that ...
Views: 684 - Don’t Fall For Wrong Info On Getting A Canadian Franchise Business Loan - Get The Bank Franchising Finance You Need - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2011 from Stan ProkopMisinformation. It's everywhere it seems. That’s why we think there's some room for some solid information around a franchise business loan in Canada, with, and without the franchising bank finance you are probably looking for. The whole issue of ' the bank ' is probably where a lot of the ...
Views: 434 - Don’t Gamble On Franchise Funding Success . Finance Your Franchising Opportunity Properly! - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Stan ProkopFranchise funding in Canada. At times does it seem like you have to take a real gamble on the franchising opportunity just to complete a transaction properly? And then finance it? Is there a better way? We think there is, and here's why, and how! We're the first to admit making that ...
Views: 609 - Don’t Let Your Company Collapse For Lack Of Cash Flow Financing . Canadian AR Finance For Receivables . - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2012 from Stan ProkopAR Finance, i.e. cash flow financing has the ability to save your company when it fact your firm is faced with survival challenges. Let's examine when a receivables strategy works, and what you need to do to facilitate a financing that makes sense. In essence, ' how it works' and ' why ...
Views: 663 - Don’t Make These Blunders When Financing A Canadian Franchise . Franchising In Canada … Done Right! - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2012 from Stan ProkopA blunder. We're told it's about ' acting blindly ‘... ‘without guidance'. Can you actually afford to make a blunder when it comes to financing a Canadian Franchise? Talk about a costly mistake. Let’s examine some ways in which you can avoid making those serious mistakes when looking at ...
Views: 651 - Don’t Make These Mistakes In Financing Franchise Opportunities In Canada . A Franchising Loan Must Make Sense – Here’s Why. - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2012 from Stan ProkopFinancing franchise opportunities in Canada. That brings to mind one of our favorite old expressions - ' tuition is very high in the school of experience'! That's why when we talk to clients about franchisee loan financing in Canada we're often cautioning against what can go wrong as much as ...
Views: 546 - Don’t Read This If You Don’t Want The Real Deal On Receivable Finance in Canada . Business Invoice To Cash Financing - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Stan ProkopReceivable finance in Canada. It's also known as the business invoice to cash strategy. Who wouldn’t want the real deal on what’s happening in A/R financing in Canada... how it works, who to deal with, what to watch out for, etc.. Maybe it’s just us, but there is a certain discomfort we ...
Views: 638 - Downside Of Canadian ABL Asset Based Finance ? P.S. There Is No Downside! Business Financing And Lending That Works - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2012 from Stan ProkopSo, which is it? We're big proponents of ABL asset based finance in Canada. So once in awhile a client pops the question. What's the question? It's ' Is there any downside to asset based financing for a Canadian firm?" Fair enough. ABL lending seems to have only good things attached to it ...
Views: 456 - Early Warning Signs You Need A Canadian ABL Asset Based Finance Facility Line Of Credit - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2012 from Stan ProkopAs a business owner or financial manager you want to be able to ensure that a business line of credit has the ability to assist your firm before, during and after serious financial challenges occur. That's where the ABL asset based finance facility comes in. In a perfect world (we know it's ...
Views: 815 - Expert Cloud Financing Via Technology Leasing - Canadian IT Computing Fresh Perspectives - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2011 from Stan ProkopWow. Cloud financing and IT Computing. Seems a little bit difficult to understand sometimes, right? However, the more we thought about it the more it made sense; and we think we actually were talking about these stuff years before others. That’s because one of the best analogies we've used for ...
Views: 542 - Exploit Your Business Cash Flow Problem ! Financing Your Balance Sheet - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2012 from Stan ProkopYour business cash flow problem. A lot of times it can be avoided and or fixed by examining your balance sheet and implementing solutions either traditional or alternative that address that problem and challenge. Canadian business owners and financial managers have a tendency to always look ...
Views: 759 - Exploring Government SBL Loans In Canada . The Can and Can’t Of The Business Improvement Loan - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2012 from Stan ProkopGovernment SBL Business Loans in Canada. You can... No you Can’t. What we mean of course is that the program is limited in some respects so lets clarify for Canadian borrowers what they can and in fact can't do with the BIL program - its the acronym for the federal Business Improvement Loan' ...
Views: 742 - Financing A Business In Canada ? What Finance Company Or Solution Works Best? - by Submitted on May 03, 2012 from Stan ProkopFinancing a business in Canada. One of our favorite writers recently reviewed a U.S. report focusing on the ability of a company to finance its business in the U.S. . . . The report was portrayed as a current ' pulse ' of the market, including input from business owners and ...
Views: 758 - Financing Tax Pigs . Your SRED ( SR&ED Tax Credits ) Tax Credit Claims Are Still 100% Financeable! - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2012 from Stan ProkopOuch! Make that a double ouch! Tax pigs? That was the assessment of one of Canada's leading economics and business professors when it came to Canadian firms who line up (we assume he meant at the trough?!?!) to get their fare share of what he called ' tax preferences' in Canada. The thrust ...
Views: 687 - Getting The Most Out Of Canadian Lease Pricing and Best Lease Rates? Here’s How Capital Equipment Finance Works - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2011 from Stan ProkopHow can we get the most out of lease pricing, including by the way getting best lease rates in Canada what we access capital equipment finance via an equipment finance strategy? That’s a typical client question and we'll explore some answers, tips, and strategies in that area. If there is a ...
Views: 562 - Here’s One Method To Increase Liquidity . A Canadian ABL Asset Based Finance Co Solution - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2012 from Stan ProkopBusiness liquidity. We were watching a U.S. bank TV commercial the other day and they were talking about ' accelerating cash flow '. Many but not all Canadian business owners and managers are aware that the Canadian banking system is dramatically different from the U.S. one. Hundreds of U.S. ...
Views: 705 - How Competitors Beat You At Vendor Finance and A Customer Financing Plan For Your ( Lost ) Clients - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2011 from Stan ProkopHere's the problem. You don't have one, your competitors do. We're talking about a customer financing plan for your products and related services. And can we all agree that a competitive disadvantage is not a good thing, which is why Canadian business owners and financial managers might well ...
Views: 517 - How To Avoid Business Operating Cash Flow Problems And Improve Financing Success - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2012 from Stan ProkopMany Canadian business owners and financial managers find out the hard way that business success is almost always also tied to having, and improving their operating cash flow. It's when sales and profits don't match cash and working capital that the problem begins. Bottom line, getting rich on ...
Views: 457 - How To Finance A Company In Canada .Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make In Cash Flow Financing - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2012 from Stan ProkopHow To Finance A Company...that's the challenge for owners of new and existing businesses in Canada when it comes to equity, debt, and cash flow financing. Let's examine some basic aspects surrounding that issue with a focus on how Canadian business owners and financial managers can both ...
Views: 692 - Innovative Financing From Canadian Leasing Companies . Mastering The Lease Versus Buy Decision - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2012 from Stan ProkopAt one point or another Canadian companies of all size realize that financing new or existing assets via leasing companies in Canada works far better than buying those assets; in effect they have mastered and understood the lease versus buy decision. It's never hurts for us to cover the ...
Views: 489 - Interested In Why Equipment Lease Rates And Low Leasing Payments Might Not Be Important ? ! - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2011 from Stan ProkopYou tell us, because we sure don't know. We're talking about equipment lease rates, and why clients are almost always under the distinct impression that the concept of a ' low payment ‘ or a ' great rate ' via leasing finance in Canada is their sole focus . We recently came across some ...
Views: 362 - Is ABL Everything You Need And More In Canadian Business Financing ? The Asset Based Line Of Credit Facility Works Hard! - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2012 from Stan ProkopCould an ABL asset based line of credit in fact be all the business financing your Canadian company needs? It's rare that one form of business finance in Canada meets everything you are looking for in a finance solution - quite often there needs to be a combination of solutions that make the ...
Views: 564 - Is Canadian Franchise Financing A Do It Yourself Project? Franchising In Canada With Success - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2012 from Stan ProkopThere seems to be a lot of ' DYI ' out there today, that being the acronym for Do It Yourself of course. So we were thinking, is it possible that Canadian franchise financing for the purchase of your chose franchising endeavor in Canada is a ' DYI ' project? Let's talk about a lot you can do ...
Views: 402 - Is There A Hole In Your Leasing Finance Sidewalk ? Get A Canadian Lease Finance Company - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Stan ProkopA hole in your leasing finance sidewalk? It's an interesting play on words around a current popular book making the rounds. We thought it was a neat analogy for Canadian business owners who want to make the most out of a lease finance company strategy... but instead keep making the same mistakes ...
Views: 751 - Is Your Company Properly Exploiting Equipment Lease Financing In Canada ? - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2012 from Stan ProkopWe previously wrote on some of the challenges that Canadian business owners and financial managers face in getting successful lease equipment financing in place for their assets and capital expenditures. The current difficult economic environment makes it more challenging than every for Canadian ...
Views: 638 - Know The Happiness Formula For Cash Flow Financing And Working Capital Problems ? - by Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Stan ProkopCash flow financing in Canada. Is there in fact a ' happiness formula' for solving and managing through cash flow problems? In our opinion it's really a combination of management as well as sourcing the proper solution based on your firm’s particular situation. Let's examine some tools, tips ...
Views: 880 - Leasing IT Cloud Financing Services . Lease Your Hardware And Software Needs - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2012 from Stan ProkopIT cloud financing services and the leasing of such services for hardware and software needs presents new challenges for the Canadian business and financial managers looking to leverage technology via lease financing. Oh, and by the way, financing ' the cloud ' presents probably just as many ...
Views: 798 - Let An ABL Revolver Facility Be Your New Canadian Asset Backed Lending Business Line Of Credit - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Stan ProkopThe ABL Revolver facility. Is it the business financing mechanism that can fill the gap your firm is experiencing in a business line of credit? Asset backed lending is working for thousands of firms who probably just several years ago had never heard of it! Here's why. To understand the ...
Views: 680 - Liquidity Problems? Cash Flow Challenges? Bank Problem? Here’s Your Next Step - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2012 from Stan ProkopLiquidity problems and cash flow challenges plague thousands of Canadian business owners and financial managers. A lot of this challenge revolves around a company's inability to properly access bank financing in Canada. If that's the case what is the next step then? We think that next step ...
Views: 876 - Lot’s To Gain & Nothing To Lose . 4 Tips On Best Leasing Companies For Asset Business Financing - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2011 from Stan ProkopSince when is some good information that helps you save money and get a good deal in business not a good thing? That's our feeling, so when you are looking for leasing equipment companies in Canada for the financing of business assets here's 4 tips on just that! Many Canadian business owners ...
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