The SBA statistics are sobering.
46 days for application, 24% approval per slides.
In my experience, asking for $50k was harder than $350k and a large distraction. Vendor financing and credit cards filled the gaps.
IME if you needed capital, you weren’t approved for capital.
If you were cash flow positive with solid income and 2 years of operating history and tax returns, you could put up collateral and refinance at a lower rate.
Over ~5 years I was denied ~5 times, discouraged from applying ~3 times.
I was approved once after several years of track record with a co-signer pledging a property with 100% collateral.
That small business (exited 2019) would have really struggled to survive right now. It would also be a difficult time to ask friends, family or spouse to help.
I wish I had a better policy suggestion to offer; it's a hard problem. Good luck to all small businesses out there, I’m pulling for you.
IME if you needed capital, you weren’t approved for capital. If you were cash flow positive with solid income and 2 years of operating history and tax returns, you could put up collateral and refinance at a lower rate.
Over ~5 years I was denied ~5 times, discouraged from applying ~3 times. I was approved once after several years of track record with a co-signer pledging a property with 100% collateral.
That small business (exited 2019) would have really struggled to survive right now. It would also be a difficult time to ask friends, family or spouse to help.
I wish I had a better policy suggestion to offer; it's a hard problem. Good luck to all small businesses out there, I’m pulling for you.