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Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business

May 25, 2009 10:10 PM

enterpriseti 6 posts since
May 24, 2009

I own a service disabled veteran owned small business which I started on the side in 2004 while working for others. In early 2008 I was downsized from my corporate job, and decided to focus my efforts on growing my business. With a not-so-perfect credit score, I have found it hard to obtain financing for my business for such things as operations and marketing. How do I grow my business if I cant get capital to market our services? I was turned down for an SBA loan and alternative financing options all want money upfront and claim they can establish excellent business credit. My business is an IT solutions company.

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FIndStore 9 posts since
May 26, 2009

1. Re: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business May 26, 2009 3:43 PM

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LUCKIEST 8,111 posts since
Aug 6, 2007

2. Re: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business May 26, 2009 5:23 PM

Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business

Best of luck in restarting your business. You know about SCORE. SCORE is FREE

*You also need to develop a Business Plan. It is one of the first items
that a lender or investor will want to read. And YES SCORE can help you
with the plan.*

LUCKIEST

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Cash_in_Hand 43 posts since
May 4, 2009

3. Re: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business May 26, 2009 5:46 PM

Are you already open? If so i would like to see if we can help out.

Brian Faulkner
469-402-1125
bfaulkner@motherfund.com

www.mothefund.com

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enterpriseti 6 posts since
May 24, 2009

4. Re: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business May 27, 2009 1:07 AM

in response to: Cash_in_Hand

Thanls for all the feed back! I will be following up in the coming days with those whose advice I found particularly of interest.

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veteranowned 2 posts since
Mar 25, 2009

5. Re: Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Jun 23, 2009 10:13 PM

Hello fellow veteran owned business:

Please be sure (as well as others on this thread) to visit the VeteranOwnedBusiness.com Directory and get your company's free listing. Currently there are over 1,600 veteran, active duty military, reservists and especially service disabled veteran owned businesses listed. The site has had nearly 650,000 pages viewed so far in 2009.

And of course there's no cost to get your business listed!

http://www.VeteranOwnedBusiness.com

From one veteran to another, thank you for your service to our country!

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