Bridge loan lenders

After opening to a limited subset of community-based lenders earlier this week, the second round of the federal Paycheck Protection Program will begin accepting applications from eligible lenders with $1 billion or less in assets on Friday, January 15, the Small Business Administration has announced. That would make the program’s loan portal open to about 5,000 more lenders, the SBA says, including “community banks, credit unions, and farm credit institutions.” … [Read more...] about Paycheck Protection Program loan portal opens to larger lenders soon: Here’s the latest

In the lead-up to the November election, you may have noticed an uptick in a very specific flavor of company advocacy. A whole new legion of brands that, ordinarily, tend to stay out of politics started issuing calls to vote—and called it activism. “Encouraging registration is a way for a corporation to project a civic-minded, nonpartisan image at little cost,” Donald Green, a political scientist at Columbia University who studies voting, told The Atlantic. These businesses did suffer a cost, though, and it was losing that authentic connection with their communities. … [Read more...] about The U.S. is more divided than ever. Your business could be the bridge

While those in a position to qualify to buy a home are fortunate, it can still be one of the most complex, difficult, and emotional experiences in your life. And not just for the buyers–it’s often equally complicated for real estate agents and even the banks. The equation of rapidly rising or declining prices, competition for the ideal home, title companies, inspectors, and indecipherable documents can lead to a recipe for disappointment and confusion. … [Read more...] about Meet Doorsteps, The Company That Wants To Take The Misery Out Of Home Buying

So, the wacky MailChimp vibe has always rode shotgun with a serious, deliberate approach to growth. As Chestnut outlined in a recent blog post, the company has been a classic case of an overnight sensation–10 years in the making. At the outset, the company focused on building a paid customer base, and on profits. MailChimp went “freemium” in September 2009 and increased the number of paying clients by 150 percent, while growing profitability a whopping 650 percent during its first 12 months. Enterprise email is today a key area of growth; more than 20 percent of MailChimp subscribers have email lists with more than 10,000 subscribers. … [Read more...] about Creative Cultures: MailChimp Grants Employees “Permission To Be Creative”

“The way people consume digital media is changing and we need to change with it,“ says Fischer. “It’s not only about new business models, but new ways to make and play games, as well as new players. There are people playing games on Facebook who never touched a videogame before. I can treat these like pilot episodes of TV series. I can do an initial episode or smaller version of the game and, based on its success, come out with another iteration or larger scale piece on a step-by-step basis.“ … [Read more...] about Square Enix: A Tale Of Two Gaming Cultures