Meet Our Clients: Cafe Underwood

When Dominick Scala was working from home, he could never find that “quite right” place in his neighborhood where he could work, eat, drink, and play. When he opened the doors to Cafe Underwood in August 2014 he realized his vision for a great neighborhood hang-out spot.   “Dominick used his loan from Main Street…

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Money Tips for Young Entrepreneurs

This article is written by Dmitriy Fomichenko and originally appeared on NerdWallet and is shared with with permission.   Learn more about Dmitriy on NerdWallet’s Ask An Advisor Entrepreneurs have to wear many hats. One of their key responsibilities is to understand and properly manage their business’s finances. But they must also be careful with how they…

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New Year’s Resolution: Monitor Your Credit Score

As we move into 2017, many of us are thinking of ways we can improve our small businesses finances and personal finances. One tool to help you expand your capacity to access capital, grow your business, and achieve more financial success is to build up your credit score. Luckily, there are some easy-to-access tools to…

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Meet Our Clients: Alicia K Designs

Alicia Falango launched Alicia K Designs in 2004, but she’d been working on events as a side gig for the previous two years as she worked full-time to support her passion project. Now, Alicia K Designs is a boutique full-service event design and production company, capable of developing and executing events of all sizes from…

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Winter 2016 Newsletter

OBDC Small Business Finance believes that our unique partnerships and staff expertise are critical components to connecting our borrowers to the funding, education, and relationships they need to thrive. This year continues to be full of exciting new partnerships and staff contributions…

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