ACCESS to CAPITAL . . .The Life Blood Of Small Business!
April 14, 2021
Hosted by Frank Helring
[Download MP3] [itunes] [Bookmark Episode]
Guest Information
Episode Description
When I came out of college, I had no clue what I was going to do, so I answered a blind ad and five years later I was a “Dirt Sucker Salesman” with Kirby Vacuums, Direct Sales, Door To Door. When Direct Sales became a "Dinosaur" in America I ventured into many other areas of business during my lifetime but I got my start, literally from the "Shoe Leather" ground up. During that 5 years I worked my way up the ladder and became an Area Distributor with 2 offices, running crews and vans all over Southern CA. In those days, when it came to laying the cash down to satisfy a Kirby Franchise and substantial capital to OPEN my first business, had it not been for the foresight of my late father and the TRUST Fund he left behind for me, I would have never even got off the ground. In business there is a saying, “Cash Is King” or more appropriately, “He who owns the GOLD, make the rules” Both of these ring true more loudly today in an environment that is revenue hungry both at governmental and small business market sectors. The BIG Banks, who now rule the roost with Capital Finance make it almost impossible to gain even an equity credit line on existing homes to aid in having a “back stop” for contingencies that will require immediate capital infusion and we all know and have experienced those moments and times when you have to meet a payroll or an opportunity comes up that is just too good to pass by and you need CASH to accomplish your ends. Today, I will be interviewing the principals of a newly emerging “Community Bank”. The vision that this financial institution has set before themselves is to SERVE their Community beginning in Scottsdale, Arizona. What a refreshing breath of fresh air in comparison to the “Microscope” qualification processes that the Big Banks have you undergo to get access to capital. This bank is banking on a work and a word rarely used today called RELATIONSHIP. Again, something you hear on this show but not very often in the Ivory Towers of Finance. Do you need Capital? Stay tuned, because we are going to speak to the Community Oriented and Minded principals who can write the check. EIDL and PPP “Crutch” Loans are not going to pull Small Businesses out of the financial debacle caused by COVID19 and shortsighted politicians who SHUT DOWN Small Business in America. We will learn today about a group of entrepreneurs who just secured FDIC approval to bring forth a solution to one of the most menacing issues of small business . . . ACCESS to Capital!
BizZne$$ BuzZ and BizZne$$ Watch
Wednesday at 10 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Business Channel
BizZne$$ BuzZ is all about your business. Small business is in trouble and they have been as far back as the “rocking” that occurred in 2008. The 14.2 percent loss of many brick and mortar small businesses happened by the year 2015 (source, NFIB 2015 Report). Already being squeezed by Internet predators, like Amazon, E-Bay, etc. They are literally sucking the life out of small businesses by customer and profit “siphoning.” B2B Networking Groups and social media disappointments abound.
Small business needs a “counter” to these E-commerce tsunamis and that mechanism is the power of UNITY, RELATIONSHIP and the Law of RECIPROCITY. This is an EDGE that is a non-compete. The “perfect storm” of shut down/customer distancing, lack of capital and uncertainty are the devastating effects of COVID19 disruption.
Our mission is to provide your business the boost that it needs to recapture your personal visions, rejuvenate your operations and to bring about a platform that represents your interests.
Frank Helring
Frank Helring is the CEO and Founder of TheHubmartLLC. He is an established executive with over 45 years of service encompassing Christian ministries, private/corporate insurance, public/philanthropic enterprises and private equities sectors.
His past tenures include owning his own General Insurance Agency from October 1977 to 1991, serving as an Executive Director with World Vision of Orange County from 1994 to 1998 inclusive as a President and CEO of a community-based organization.He has served as President of JMS Consulting Group 2004-2006, a private equities firm in Los Angeles during which time he personally consulted to the VP of Benefits of the legendary NFIB.com on “Boutique” Membership programs and Association negotiating levels of involvement. He and his wife have owned Allure Med Aesthetics, Inc. a medical aesthetics practice, since 2013. Most recently, he is currently involved with revolutionary firms engaged in accelerating the emerging “opportunity commercial marketplace” and cutting edge medical regeneration technologies.
Frank resides in Mission Viejo, with his wife Rhoda. His combination of grassroots community involvement, strategic relationships formation and continued success as a visionary corporate entrepreneur distinguish him as an invaluable asset to the small business community at large.
