
Find the RIGHT Path to Funding Your DREAM Green Business | My Business Credit Interview
05/18/23 • 39 min
There are so many different opinions on the right way to fund your business. But in the end you need to consider your business and what works best for you. So to give you some sound advice on business financing, I have Bob Hunter CEO at My Business Credit as my guest on the GreenBusinessImpact podcast.
And you will absolutely love the perspective he provides on business financing and what you must consider before applying for a business loan.
So no matter which way you are leaning for receiving funding for your business, make sure you stay tuned for this entire episode with Bob Hunter.
Chapters 0:00 - RIGHT Path to Funding Your DREAM Green Business 1:23 - My Business Credit Intro 2:45 - Pre-qualification 3:17 - Common things entrepreneurs get denied for 6:03 - Length of the process 7:35 - Business Credit Building Course 8:31 - Bob’s story 10:24 - Glory of Entrepreneurship... 11:09 - Comparison to other funding options 14:36 - Bootstrap funding 15:17 - Money is expensive 17:56 - Pros and cons 19:57 - The biggest struggle 22:36 - Getting the information you need 23:57 - Business Financing industry prospective 25:22 - Chat GPT 26:55 - Gold rush for AI 28:54 - Goals for next 6 months 30:02 - What Bob is currently learning 31:08 - Atomic Habits by James Clear 32:38 - Psychology of Selling by Brian Tracy 32:53 - Tip for Ecopreneurs 35:24 - Best way to reach Bob: mybusinesscredit.comCheck out My Business Credit’s website:
Check out this interview that I mention at the end of the episode with Fundr:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/WmvN3X_RLf4
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GreenBusinessImpact is a proud partner of OneTreePlanted to help spread the word on OneTreePlanted and to help plant more trees visit onetreeplanted.org
Transparency is important to me. As you might imagine, sometimes these descriptions contain links that are affiliate links, and if you sign up, I make a commission as a Partner. I only recommend products that I know, love, and use personally; and think you will benefit from.
There are so many different opinions on the right way to fund your business. But in the end you need to consider your business and what works best for you. So to give you some sound advice on business financing, I have Bob Hunter CEO at My Business Credit as my guest on the GreenBusinessImpact podcast.
And you will absolutely love the perspective he provides on business financing and what you must consider before applying for a business loan.
So no matter which way you are leaning for receiving funding for your business, make sure you stay tuned for this entire episode with Bob Hunter.
Chapters 0:00 - RIGHT Path to Funding Your DREAM Green Business 1:23 - My Business Credit Intro 2:45 - Pre-qualification 3:17 - Common things entrepreneurs get denied for 6:03 - Length of the process 7:35 - Business Credit Building Course 8:31 - Bob’s story 10:24 - Glory of Entrepreneurship... 11:09 - Comparison to other funding options 14:36 - Bootstrap funding 15:17 - Money is expensive 17:56 - Pros and cons 19:57 - The biggest struggle 22:36 - Getting the information you need 23:57 - Business Financing industry prospective 25:22 - Chat GPT 26:55 - Gold rush for AI 28:54 - Goals for next 6 months 30:02 - What Bob is currently learning 31:08 - Atomic Habits by James Clear 32:38 - Psychology of Selling by Brian Tracy 32:53 - Tip for Ecopreneurs 35:24 - Best way to reach Bob: mybusinesscredit.comCheck out My Business Credit’s website:
Check out this interview that I mention at the end of the episode with Fundr:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/WmvN3X_RLf4
or
Subscribe to receive GreenBusinessImpact episodes straight to your inbox here: https://greenbusinessimpact.aweb.page/subcribe-to-gbipodcast
Looking to start your own podcast, but don’t know which platform to use to distribute your message to the world? Check out Podbean → It is the podcasting platform that I have used to host every episode of GreenBusinessImpact, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to start their own podcast, or for experienced podcasters needing an upgrade from their current platform:
https://www.podbean.com/GBIpodbean
https://www.podbean.com/pro/GBIpodbean
GreenBusinessImpact is a proud partner of OneTreePlanted to help spread the word on OneTreePlanted and to help plant more trees visit onetreeplanted.org
Transparency is important to me. As you might imagine, sometimes these descriptions contain links that are affiliate links, and if you sign up, I make a commission as a Partner. I only recommend products that I know, love, and use personally; and think you will benefit from.
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Find Greg Wilson on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-wilson-994aa29/
Check out this interview that I mention at the end of the episode:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEl78XI90KI
or
Subscribe to receive GreenBusinessImpact episodes straight to your inbox here: https://greenbusinessimpact.aweb.page/subcribe-to-gbipodcast
Looking to start your own podcast, but don’t know which platform to use to distribute your message to the world? Check out Podbean → It is the podcasting platform that I have used to host every episode of GreenBusinessImpact, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to start their own podcast, or for experienced podcasters needing an upgrade from their current platform:
https://www.podbean.com/GBIpodbean
https://www.podbean.com/pro/GBIpodbean
GreenBusinessImpact is a proud partner of OneTreePlanted to help spread the word on OneTreePlanted and to help plant more trees visit onetreeplanted.org
Transparency is important to me. As you might imagine, sometimes these descriptions contain links that are affiliate links, and if you sign up, I make a commission as a Partner. I only recommend products that I know, love, and use personally; and think you will benefit from.
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And if you want to comprehend carbon in a way that is fun and easy to understand, then definitely go check out https://clevercarbon.io/quiz/
It is so simple on there.
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During this interview Michelle provides a heuristic for you to use as you are going about your day making decisions, and how to choose something that has less of a carbon footprint. You have to think about the life cycle of the product.
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Find Michelle Li on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellelimba/
Check out this interview with CarbonBook that I mention at the end of the episode:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/DMgAa9EetDc
or
Subscribe to receive GreenBusinessImpact episodes straight to your inbox here: https://greenbusinessimpact.aweb.page/subcribe-to-gbipodcast
Looking to start your own podcast, but don’t know which platform to use to distribute your message to the world? Check out Podbean → It is the podcasting platform that I have used to host every episode of GreenBusinessImpact, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to start their own podcast, or for experienced podcasters needing an upgrade from their current platform:
https://www.podbean.com/GBIpodbean
https://www.podbean.com/pro/GBIpodbean
GreenBusinessImpact is a proud partner of OneTreePlanted to help spread the word on OneTreePlanted and to help plant more trees visit onetreeplanted.org
Transparency is important to me. As you might imagine, sometimes these descriptions contain links that are affiliate links, and if you sign up, I make a commission as a Partner. I only recommend products that I know, love, and use personally; and think you will benefit from.
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