If you own a business that sells products or services to commercial customers or to the government, you must be familiar with the maxim hurry up and wait. That is what you always end up doing after delivering your services. You hurry up and wait up to 60 days to get your invoices paid. In the meantime, you still have to cover rent, supplier payments and employee salaries. Hurry up and wait, indeed.
But this is a major challenge if you are a business owner. It slows down your growth, significantly. Why? Well, could you take on a large order and afford to wait months to get paid? Could you afford to buy the supplies, pay the staff, cover rent? This is why this is a major challenge. And in many cases, it can drive you out of business.
And yet, when faced with a financial challenge, what does a business owner do? Most will go to the bank, hoping for a business loan. But business loans are very hard to obtain and not very flexible. Plus, banks give loans based on your business past rather than your future opportunities. Many times, what you need is a financing product that will be focused on your true sales potential. And that product is invoice...