Funding guides
Plain-English answers to the questions business owners actually type into Google before they borrow.
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Merchant cash advance vs. business line of credit: which one, when
Same $50,000, two very different bills. A side-by-side on cost, speed, approval odds and the situations where each is the right call.
Read more →Bad credit
How to get business funding with bad credit
Under 600? Here is what still approves, what it costs, and the 90-day plan that moves you into cheaper products.
Read more →Startups
Business funding with less than a year in business
Month-by-month: what opens up at 0, 3, 6 and 12 months, and the three habits that make month 12 look good to a lender.
Read more →Grants
Are small business grants real? What exists, what does not
Yes, real grants exist. No, there is no free government money to start any business. Here is the honest map of what is out there and who wins it.
Read more →See what your business qualifies for
60 seconds. No hard credit pull. Options from 40+ funding partners, or a grant path if you are not ready to borrow.