I had heard about Christine Spray for about a year before I was able to schedule a one-on-one with her. She is a busy lady. Her reputation as a go-getter revenue generating wonder preceded her. I knew I needed to meet her and figure out what works for her and of that what I could implement. I couldn't have been more wrong that what she could teach me might be so limited.
I have since enjoyed a very good professional relationship with Christine and I have learned most from her actions. I am a ma…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on November 30, 2008 at 11:15pm —
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I had to share this from my good friend Ron Acker:
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I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. 'I'm glad I have a good book to read. Perhaps I will get a short nap,' I thought.
Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. I decided to start a conversation. 'Where are you headed?' I asked the soldier seated nearest to me. ' Chicago - to Great Lakes…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on November 11, 2008 at 8:15pm —
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Let me describe two competing companies.
Company A decided that they were going to go the traditional way and find "Angel" and then VC money to fund their new business. They had a hard monthly nut to crack and thought this would be the best solution. Prior to going to the "Angel" for the initial money, they built a business plan that included an exit amount of $10M for the owner.
Little did they know that they would have to revise that exit number when the "Angel" decided to buy in. They thoug…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on October 12, 2008 at 12:00am —
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If you are a commercial company that needs funding to move forward. We can help.
We are a privately held funding firm.
We help:
Businesses:
o get funding without giving up equity
o meet short-term needs with short-term cash
o fund growth beyond what current lines of credit can handle
o avoid loss of opportunity
Banks:
o "Greenhouse" future commercial banking clients
o 27-37% return on lost business
o keep and grow deposits
o reduce risk
o generate new non-fee revenue
o fund requests for line…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on October 9, 2008 at 2:26pm —
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The news is saying that until credit frees up companies will be forced to layoff and sell off and close even because of the lack of available credit.
Do you know this to be true?
Eric
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on October 6, 2008 at 4:33pm —
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As you may have noticed, the financial crisis has caused a freezing of the credit markets and is affecting the small business community hardest.
Companies are being told that they are on the no-loan list or that they cannot get a raise in their credit lines until this crisis can see the light at the end of the tunnel.
It is crucial now for the health of our country to help these
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on October 3, 2008 at 1:42pm —
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American Prudential recently signed up a new client who is new in many ways. In business for less than 18 months, this client has done everything possible to get his business off and running. And after a year they have exhausted all of their available capital.
The equipment is all purchased, the staff is hired and trained and the orders are getting filled. Unfortunately, without additional capital only low margin orders can be filled because the larger deals require more materials and more mate…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on September 30, 2008 at 8:24am —
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It is always fun to talk about new business. We recently signed up a new client company in a business you may not think of as factoring, a tree farm. They are great folks, down to earth and honest. They came referred to us by one of our other tree farm clients. There is nothing like referrals from existing clients! We did not set out to be tree farm factoring specialists, but we sure enjoy being outstanding in our field!
All kidding aside, in our business it is always about character. And we ha…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on September 30, 2008 at 8:23am —
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When an entrepreneur sets out to start a new business the main focus is usually the product or service to be provided. After all that is where our passion lies. As entrepreneurs, we believe in our products and services. We believe essentially in our ability to make a difference; to make things better.
Eventually, however, the focus turns to money. To make things better is going to take money. The old adage that, “it takes money to make money,” is usually true. The question is, “whose money?” In…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on September 30, 2008 at 8:03am —
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In Ning.com, you cannot invite only friends who aren't in the ning you are inviting from. In other words, when you use their invite all friends it invites everyone from all of your nings including the ning you are on to join you on that ning. Dumb!
It is annoying to get an invite over and over to join a ning you are already on.
So, here's how you can "fix" that. Go to docs.google.com and create a form with name and email address for each ning you are on. Copy the link to one (let's say the sta…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on September 7, 2008 at 11:21am —
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Like Newton, we need to stand on the shoulders of those who came before us. Many social networking sites allow you to blog. What is a blog? What is blogging? What should you blog? What shouldn't you blog?
Blog is short for web log. But, it really just means a site that is easy to update with articles you write. This article you are reading is one of my "blogs" or articles on my blog on this site
InHouston.ning.com.
You can blog about just about anything,…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on September 2, 2008 at 10:30am —
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Great article on giving before your receive.
Give then, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, and running over.
Servant Leadership is back in style.
Eric Standlee
Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on September 2, 2008 at 9:38am —
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This awesome article about who should represent the company's bid to get XP users to upgrade to Vista is a must read:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10023926-1.htmlIt and the comments after made me ROFL.
Eric Standlee
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on September 2, 2008 at 9:35am —
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on September 2, 2008 at 9:32am —
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Bake Me A Wish! will deliver a gourmet birthday cake to a soldier serving overseas, in the name of your recipient, with each purchase of The Freedom Cake.
http://crusaderx.blogspot.com/2008/09/support-our-troops.html
I posted this on my blog.
Please share this.
Thanks,
And, thanks for your service to all of our veterans out there.
Eric Standlee
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on September 2, 2008 at 9:30am —
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Saw this on a card I got:
48% of sales people never follow up with a prospect
25% of sales people make a second contact and stop
12% of sales people only make three contacts and stop
Only 10% of sales people make more than three contacts
2% of sales are made on the first contact
3% of sales are made on the second contact
5% of sales are made on the third contact
10% of sales are made on the fourth contact
80% of sales are made on the fifth to twelfth contact
It Pays to be consistent and persis…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on August 30, 2008 at 3:49pm —
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ONE: Don't miss the boat.
TWO: Remember that we are all in the same boat.
THREE: Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.
FOUR: Stay fit. When you're 60 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.
FIVE: Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.
SIX: Build your future on…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on August 28, 2008 at 1:00pm —
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Life-changing training this afternoon on our Mindset
Tele-Mentoring Call to day, and Larry Burner agreed to Host.
The training is based on Stephen Covey's, "Seven Habits of
Highly Effective People", and I know - I KNOW you will be
blessed!
This call is open to the public. Larry charged $1,000.00
per person for this for years, and today it is yours at NO
cost!
616-712-8000 ext 688446#
2:30 PM Est
1:30 PM Cst
11:30 AM Pacific
Join us today!
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on August 28, 2008 at 11:00am —
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Infinite Banking – How it Works
By Gary Vande Linde
Why I am Interested in the Concept
Three years ago, I left a large company where I had served as the division
engineer for the past twelve years, to become part owner in a small business.
The owners hoped that the experiences I had would prove useful in creating a
long range plan for their business and in developing a disciplined approach to the
use of their financial resources. I was comfortable with the methods and
tech…
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Added by Eric Standlee -- Funding Commercial Companies on August 26, 2008 at 10:31pm —
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