The Small Business Owners Manual by author Joe Kennedy: Selected Readings in mp3 Podcast
Chapter 11 Part 1, Understanding Banking, Credit, and Considering 13 Sources of Outside Financing
In the first part of this chapter Ms. Nadia Hopper describes the criteria to use when deciding upon a business bank, how bankers and other lenders weight the "4 c's of credit" to evaluate your firm, and we begin describing various small business financing options including bank credit lines ("LOCs") and how to negotiate trade credit from vendors.