[Hidden-tech] Business stimulus for HT members ?

[Maria Korolov (Trombly)]

I wonder if there are any peer-to-peer lending programs for small US
businesses like there are for emerging world projects.

-- Maria

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On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Rich <rich at tnrglobal.com> wrote:

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> This is part of the "big is easy" attitude - it's not 'worth' a bank's
> time to do a loan that small,
> SBA charges more for loans under $7K (I think that's the number) because
> "they are riskier"
>
> The interesting part is so called micro loans are far less risky, based
> on statistics collected world wide.
>
> This is exactly the feed back we need to collect if we are going to be
> listened to,
> all the stats say our sized businesses create more jobs -- yet I've seen
> no level of gov't
> put their money (make that our money) where the real jobs are
>
> Rich
>
> On 12/14/2009 5:17 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
> > BTW, I don't think there is anyone in HT who is what is defined as
> >> 'small business'
> >> we are now defined as micro-business - small is $5-100Mill
> >>
> >> So a question to all of you - who is interested in discussing  how to
> get
> >> all these agencies spending our money to put in back into HT type
> >> businesses ?
> >>
> > I am.  It is impossible to get a 'small' small business loan -- I need to
> > borrow about $250.00 for a new printer, but the bank's minimum loan is
> > like $5,000.00.  And no, I don't want to get a credit card -- that is
> > more hassle than it is worth.
> >
>
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