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		<title>Why Are Small Business Owners Feeling Good?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Small business is finally feeling a little bullish about the economy.  From a year ago, there is an increase in small business owners’ perceptions about revenues, financing, hiring, credit access and cash flow, among other measures. Read more]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2012/02/08/why-are-small-business-owners-feeling-good/</link>
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		<title>International Bath Textiles Case Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Company supplies fine linens (towels, sheets, etc.) to businesses all over the world. After years of success overseas from their Switzerland base, the Company wanted to expand domestically and incorporated in the U.S. They quickly landed a large contract with Carnival Cruise Lines in Miami. International law required them to finance the linen shipments		[<a href="http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2012/02/03/international-bath-textiles-po-financing-factor/">read more &#187;</a>]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2012/02/03/international-bath-textiles-po-financing-factor/</link>
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		<title>Small Business Credit Cards are Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Big banks are attempting to lure in the small business owner with generous rewards on their business credit cards.  Banks see these types of loans as less risky with fewer consumer protections.  Small business owners need to be careful because these credit cards can affect their own personal credit score. Read more]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2012/01/31/small-business-credit-cards-are-back/</link>
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		<title>Export Finance for Small Businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Small business is struggling with middle-class Americans not spending as the economy limps along.  Yet the vast majority of purchasing power resides outside the US.    American small businesses could increase their growth by tapping into this outside consumer base if they only had better access to financing. Read more]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2012/01/27/export-finance-for-small-businesses/</link>
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		<title>Accounts Receivable Financing Facilities Awarded</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This past week Paragon Financial provided a $500,000 accounts receivable financing facility to a construction company working with county and city government contracts. We also provided a $250,000 accounts receivable financing facility to a company that repairs and maintains industrial machinery. Read more]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2012/01/23/accounts-receivable-financing-facilities-awarded/</link>
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		<title>Factoring Companies Role in Business Financing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jon Anselma of Paragon Financial Group talks about factoring companies role in business financing on PBS&#8217; Nightly Business Report]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2012/01/17/factoring-companies-roll-in-business-financing/</link>
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		<title>Financing Growth Through Factoring Case Study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Company had won a $2 million one year self-renewing contract from the U.S. government to provide security personnel. These personnel would require high end security clearance, which meant higher pay, putting pressure on the Company’s cash flow. The bank was not willing to provide funding. Without financing, the Company would have to pass on		[<a href="http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2012/01/11/financing-growth-through-factoring-case-study/">read more &#187;</a>]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2012/01/11/financing-growth-through-factoring-case-study/</link>
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		<title>Closing Your First Round of Financing and Waiting for the Cash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Your business has closed the first round of funding. But what happens in the months it can take to get the cash?  (btw, with factoring, the wait is days, not months) Read the Full Story]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2012/01/09/closing-your-first-round-of-financing-and-waiting-for-the-cash/</link>
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		<title>Looking Back at 2011 for Small Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Small business learned a lot in 2011.   It was certainly a challenging year for many. Read the Full Story]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2011/12/29/looking-back-at-2011-for-small-business/</link>
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		<title>Small Business Bank Loans Fall to 12-Year Low</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bank loans to small business fell to the lowest level in more than 10 years.   Whether your business is struggling or successful in this economy, it will still be hard to find bank financing. Read the Full Story]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.paragonfinancial.net/2011/12/27/small-business-bank-loans-fall-to-12-year-low/</link>
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