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Rob Wilson is CEO of CEI 7(a) Financing LLC - or C7a for short. C7a is one of a small number of non-bank lenders licensed by the Small Business Association to participate in the SBA’s flagship 7(a) loan guarantee program. C7a shares a mission with its non-profit parent organization, Coastal Enterprises Inc. to help individuals and communities reach their full potential. By providing small business loans of up to $2,500,000 throughout the contiguous U.S., C7a broadens the financial product offerings of, and brings increased lending capacity to, C7a’s local partners, that include community organizations, CDFI’s, community loan funds, and banks. In turn these partners connect C7a with the local communities and make it a more effective lender.

7 Core Ways to Compare Lenders and Products

Many small businesses looking for a loan feel they are in a stormy sea being pulled and tugged in many directions, some of them potentially treacherous. There are lots of very different lenders vying for their business; some with approaches that are new and different and others that have been around since the early part […]

How small business owners can get a loan despite having bad credit

There’s no shortage business owners whose credit was destroyed in the great recession. I’ll bet all small business lenders see folk who have been affected. It happened to a lot of people; a lot of small businesses went under. What differentiates lenders is their reaction to an applicant with poor credit. Traditional banks often don’t […]