Three business expenses to plan for
Plan an expansion, supplier order, or debt refinance around its cost and timing.
A clearer view of
business funding.
Practical guides, business perspectives, and news from the MCP team.
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What happens after you apply for funding?
Know what to expect between submitting your request and reviewing an offer.
Make your funding conversation useful
Bring your timeline, budget, and questions to the first conversation with MCP.
Prepare your business for a financing review
Organize the records that explain your revenue, expenses, and existing commitments.
Match financing to the business need
Start with the expense, then compare the amount, timing, and repayment terms.
Before you start your funding application
A few details can make your first conversation more productive.
What a financing intermediary does
Understand who connects you with providers and what to ask before accepting an offer.
When growth slows, check the cause before borrowing
Work out whether your business needs extra cash, an operating change, or both.
What to do after a bank declines your request
Understand the decision before changing the request or seeking another offer.
Refinancing business debt: compare the full cost
A smaller payment can help cash flow, but check what you will pay over the whole term.
Handle your financing paperwork online
Keep documents organized and get clear answers before signing.
What rising interest rates mean for your business
How the 2022 rate increases affected borrowing, and what to check in your own agreements.
The Employee Retention Credit: a historical guide
What the pandemic tax credit covered and where to check the rules for an existing claim.
What your competitors can teach you
Elliot Ashkenazie reflects on an office dinner that brought competitors together.
Elliot Ashkenazie joins Forbes Business Council
MCP announced its chief operating officer's acceptance into the business community in 2022.
What an MCP funding specialist helps you do
Get help organizing your request, reviewing options, and understanding the next step.
Small-business credit pressures in 2021
A look at the cash-flow pressures behind MCP's pandemic-era lending coverage.
Business expenses that may prompt a funding review
Budget for the purchase and the repayment before choosing how to fund it.
Funding beyond a bank: the 2021 context
Why pandemic-era businesses explored other sources of financing, and what each offer required.
Pandemic relief: what EIDL advances covered
The two advance programs had different limits and are now closed to new requests.
The relationships behind our work
MCP's 2021 announcement paired a BBB milestone with a focus on personal support.
Remembering Elliot J. Dabah
Remembering a business partner and friend who brought people together through his work.