Union First Market Bank Jim Tyler, Commercial Division.

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Union First Market Bank Jim Tyler, Commercial Division

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Union First Market Bank

Jim Tyler, Commercial Division

Are banks still lending money?

Bankers are NOT venture capitalists.

Bankers are NOT venture capitalists.

They need more than a good idea.

What industries give banks the most concern?

What banks look for:

What banks look for:

Why did you pick this industry?

What banks look for:

Do you have experience

in this industry?

What banks look for:

Have you run a business before?

What banks look for:

Who are you suppliers?

Will they give you terms?

What banks look for:

Who are your customers?

What banks look for:

Who are your competitors?

What banks look for:

What is your personal

financial position?

What banks look for:

How much money do you need?

What banks look for:

Why do you need

that much money?

What banks look for:

Why do you need

that much money?

(“Working Capital” is not enough of an answer.)

What banks look for:

How much money are you putting into this new business?

What banks look for:

How will you pay the bank back?

What banks look for:

Do you have any collateral? (Business assets supported

by “outside” assets.)

What banks look for:

Do you need a guarantor

or cosigner?

A good business plan and financial forecast

addresses all these questions.

A good business plan and financial forecast

addresses all these questions.Any banker or lender needs the

answers in order to loan you money or invest in your business