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Capital Collab
Growth Strategy
6 min read

The 10 Essentials to Include in a Startup Pitch Deck

If you're wondering “what should I include in an idea stage startup pitch deck?”, you're not alone. An effective pitch deck needs to be short and to the point if it's going to win over investors and earn you the funding you need to grow your startup. That means you will have to boil down your entire

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Capital Collab
Business Lending
9 min read

How to Obtain an Unsecured Business Loan in 4 Steps

What is the best way to obtain an unsecured business loan? It is much easier to qualify for this kind of small business loan than it is for a long-term SBA loan or another type of loan. All you need is good credit and annual revenue; you don't need to provide business assets or personal assets as co

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Capital Collab
Hiring & Staffing
5 min read

How a Minimum Wage Increase Could Affect Small Businesses

Over the past few years, the movement to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour has gained a considerable amount of momentum. Proponents of the minimum wage increase argue that $15 is the minimum hourly wage needed to establish an adequate standard of living. On the other hand, opponents

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Capital Collab
Business Lending
4 min read

What Is Bridge Financing And Is It Right For My Business?

There are many options for financing a business. Unfortunately, they may not always be available at the right time. That’s where bridge loans come into play. In this post, we’re defining bridge financing, sharing the pros and cons of this type of funding, and helping you decide if it might be a good

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Capital Collab
Marketing
4 min read

7 Tips on Building a Brand for Your New Business

If building a brand isn’t at the top of your list of priorities for your new business, it’s time to put it there. Branding is just as important for small businesses as it is for large corporations. Every business had to start somewhere and, over time, the branding decisions those owners made in the

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Capital Collab
Growth Strategy
6 min read

Top 10 Negotiation Tips for Small Business Owners

As a business owner, you’ll be responsible for making business deals that will require strategy, skill, and negotiation tactics. Being prepared for these situations can help you to make the most of each deal and keep your small business moving forward. In this post, we’re sharing ten small business

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Capital Collab
Sales
6 min read

8 Tips on Creating a Powerful Sales Presentation

According to the [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/10/30/clowns-are-twice-as-scary-to-democrats-as-they-are-to-republicans/), public speaking is the biggest fear of the American public. Feared by more than 25 percent of the population, public speaking narrowly edged

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Capital Collab
Company Leadership
6 min read

How To Take A Summer Vacation As A Small Business Owner

If you are currently the owner of a small business, the term “vacation” probably sounds like a foreign word. As the person who is running the whole show, you probably worry that the moment you take a summer vacation, your whole operation will come falling down. In this article, we will try to help y

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Capital Collab
Business Lending
6 min read

Does Your Medical Practice Need New Equipment? Learn How Equipment Financing Can Help

According to national averages, fully renovating a medical space can cost as much as $200 to $325 per square foot. Assuming that your practice requires hundreds, even thousands, of square feet, getting your practice off the ground and running can easily cost millions of dollars. Applying for a busin

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Capital Collab
Process Improvement
9 min read

The 5 Most Common Mistakes Small Businesses Make When Invoicing Customers

Invoicing is a prerequisite to getting paid for your hard work, so it's important to know when to invoice a customer. Without effective invoice management, you won't have the resources that you need to run your company. But small businesses often mishandle their customer invoices, treating them as a

Austin Moss
Capital Collab
Process Improvement
7 min read

How to Leverage Technology in Your Restaurant Business

A key part of staying competitive as a restaurant these days is keeping up with foodservice technology trends. Whether we like it or not, technology is streamlining just about every part of life nowadays, and restaurant technologies are more powerful and important than ever. Customers expect easy, t

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Capital Collab
Company Leadership
8 min read

5 Tips on Dealing with Difficult Customers

Figuring out how to deal with difficult customers is one of the most arduous and painful parts of running a small business. And we're not just talking about handling [online customer complaints](https://capitalcollab.com/the-definitive-guide-to-responding-to-online-customer-complaints/), which is ba

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