Small Business As Usual

Small Business As Usual

A series about the art of operating small enterprises and the issues faced by the owners.

Episodes

Deep Dive -- Starting Your New Business Right

August 13, 2025 • 14 mins
Making a successful start of a new business requires not only creativity and hustle but a certain discipline to do things the right way. Compliance with regulatory expectations can trip up a new business owner who doesn't follow the checklist for doing it the right way. Google’s Notebook LM is the tool we used to voice the podcast. Dialogue was created by AI but based on our published booklet available at this link, or in printed f...
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Deep Dive --Ten Principles for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

July 15, 2025 • 6 mins
Thanks to our free enterprise system, it’s still relatively easy to accumulate at least a small amount of capital to launch a venture. And whether it’s called a “side hustle,” “part time gig” or small business, it’s still subject to the market forces and foundational truths that ultimately separate those who succeed from those who don’t. Take advantage of our accumulated wisdom and learn the inescapable truths that every aspiring b...
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Deep Dive -- Entrepreneurs Checklist for Raising Capital

June 23, 2025 • 16 mins
Learn how small businesses typically get funded, and the seven most important concepts to have locked down to know you are prepared to take an entrepreneurial journey. Google’s Notebook LM is the tool we used to voice the podcast. Dialogue was created by AI but based on our published booklet available at this link, or in printed form at our public access to capital events.
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Deep Dive -- Can I get that business loan_

May 19, 2025 • 21 mins
This podcast episode is based on CEDF’s Ready for Business Success course and applies to borrowing from a bank or a community lender. Enrolling in the free course on the CEDF website at CEDF.com/inquiry will provide you with a good understanding of small business funding and a questionnaire to help you learn if you are ready. And CEDF will provide you with an appropriate referral to get more preparation help from a business advisor...
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Deep Dive -- Understanding How Lenders Evaluate Loans

April 15, 2025 • 9 mins
Get a checklist for your understanding of what a community lender or even a bank is looking for as it evaluates applications. Preparation of your business is the key to success on your first try.
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Deep Dive -- Prudent Advice for Small Business Borrowers

March 8, 2025 • 14 mins
There are many different sources for borrowed small business capital. But the terms can be very different and the net costs to the borrower can vary enormously. Be careful and be sure you understand how the products differ from traditional business lending from banks, credit unions or community lenders like CEDF.
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Deep Dive --Top Ten Reasons Loan Applications Fail

February 19, 2025 • 14 mins
Nonprofit community lender organizations, just like banks and credit unions, provide responsible, affordable small business lending. Learn the reasons why some applicants stumble and how to prepare for success.
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Deep Dive --12 Tips for Securing a Small Business Loan

January 6, 2025 • 15 mins
Nonprofit community lender organizations, just like banks and credit unions, provide responsible, affordable small business lending. Learn the important factors to consider when you prepare to apply.
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Deep Dive -- Financial Competence

November 30, 2024 • 19 mins
Learn about CEDF's approach to financial competence to help small business owners.
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Small Business As Usual -- unintentional entrepreneur

September 28, 2021 • 15 mins
Some people appear to be born entrepreneurs. Others seem to end up owning businesses having never contemplated that career. But is that the same as being an entrepreneur?
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Small Business As Usual -- fortitude

January 16, 2021 • 15 mins
What do you do when you lose 85% of your business? Stephen Richmond of Painting with a Twist in Hartford describes his approach.
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Small Business As Usual -- diversity, inclusion & equity

November 30, 2020 • 16 mins
Karen Hinds of Workplace Success Group explains why small business owners need to be engaged with diversity, inclusion and equity and how it can improve their success.
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Small Business As Usual -- facing uncertainty

October 30, 2020 • 16 mins
What makes some entrepreneurs better suited for the most emotionally challenging part of business ownership -- uncertainty? Dr. Len Wysocki has insights into the skills required.
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Small Business As Usual -- building community

September 30, 2020 • 14 mins
Michael Cervellino of Belle Academy had figured out how to deal with COVID-19 long before the pandemic hit through charity events and old fashioned public relations.
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Small Business As Usual -- preparation for change

June 19, 2020 • 17 mins
As a small business owner, it’s likely you’ll have to deal with change on a daily basis. Ralph Mesite shares how he prepared for facing COVID-19 in a way that few others had the opportunity.
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Small Business As Usual -- employee personal problems

March 25, 2020 • 16 mins
Episode 20-2: Employee personal problems. Organizational development consultant and author Bruce Tulgan explains you can be be humane, thoughtful and take the right approach to dealing with employees who bring personal issues to work.
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Small Business As Usual -- should you go into business?

January 29, 2020 • 17 mins
Lots of people are attracted to owning their own businesses. But not everyone stops to make a truly informed assessment of whether it’s right for them. Mary Kay Della Camera, advisor for the Connecticut Small Business Development Center, specializes in helping her clients ask the right questions.
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Small Business As Usual -- bread saved my life

December 18, 2019 • 13 mins
We've all heard stories about how the challenges of small business ownership cause personal crises. In contrast, Jennifer Acuna, owner of Loafing Around, LLC explains the profound difference that starting a business made in getting her life back on track.
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Small Business As Usual -- improving cashflow

October 8, 2019 • 17 mins
Michael Mongillo of Eleven Arrows Consulting points out the solutions are surprisingly straight forward and lie in good information and honest, candid and effective communication.
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Small Business As Usual -- why borrowing got hard

September 4, 2019 • 15 mins
Small business owners might wonder what happened to the world where they could dial their banker on the phone and arrange for a loan in a snap. As CEDF celebrates its 25th anniversary, President and CEO Jim Bzdyra looks back over the changes that impacted commercial banking.
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