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5 Viable Options for Financing Your Small Business

Strategy Driven

Financing a small business isn’t always easy, but there are plenty of solutions available, no matter how bad your credit rating is. The great thing about credit cards is that they are flexible, so if you only need a short-term cash injection to buy supplies, a credit card may work for you. Specialist Lender.

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When is Spinning the Message a Good Thing?

Marshall Goldsmith

For the long-term viability of the organization, business transactions need to be "win-win." - The spinning is done to help the larger good - not just promote the person doing it. - In the short-term, positive projections for the future may motivate people to buy products, services or stocks.

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How to Boost Your Personal Finances

Strategy Driven

The nature of your accommodation is determined by your income, while your ability to get loans and credit opportunities is hampered by a poor credit rating. In short, your personal finances, if healthy, can promote your overall wellbeing – and if poorly managed, your personal finances can cause you a great deal of discomfort.

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Africa’s Unique Opportunity to Promote Inclusive Growth

Harvard Business Review

The AfDB has the strongest credit rating of any organization in Africa and in 2008, it surpassed the World Bank in lending to Africa , a signal of Africa’s growing agency in its own development. The World Bank, beset by internal struggles in the short term, is facing challenges to its influence over the long term.