“Can your small business lending services really be equated to something as simple yet monumental as learning how to ride a bike?” That’s probably the first question that popped into your head. Perhaps you have other questions in mind along the lines of “Is growing my company really going to be as simple as learning how to ride a bike?” or something like “Why didn’t I ever learn how to ride a bicycle when I was a kid? Now it’s too late to learn!” Fear not dear reader, because just like starting and growing your own business, it’s never too late to learn how to ride a bike — or learn how to do just about anything, for that matter.
You’re Going To Need Some Help
Though it may sound strange at first glance that our small business lenders would equate growing a small business to mastering the fine art of riding a bicycle, we’re confident that this comparison will start to make some more sense as you continue reading below. Whether or not you actually know how to ride a bike, you know that learning how to do something usually takes a helping hand. When it comes to growing your company, well, The Commercial Finance Group happens to be that helping hand.
Through our powerful combination of small business lending services — asset-based lending and factoring, to be specific — we offer customized and flexible working capital solutions designed to help improve your company’s cash flow situation. In a sense, you can think of The Commercial Finance Group as your financial training wheels or a dedicated parent helping stabilize their child on a bicycle.
Eventually, you’ll be able to handle matters on your own with a healthy cash flow situation, but until then, get the help need through our small business lending providers in Los Angeles and Atlanta.
You’ve read this far; check out how our small business financing solutions and growing your very own small business are similar to learning how to ride a bicycle.
You’re Going To Fall And Make Some Mistakes On The Way
If you’re able to successfully launch and grow a company without experiencing any roadblocks or bumps along the way, then what you have right there is a true unicorn situation on your hands. You wouldn’t (or shouldn’t, that is) attempt to learn how to ride a bike without the proper protective gear like a helmet, knee pads, shoulder pads, and so forth. In other words, your guardian anticipated you to take some spills here and there after you set out on your bike.
Though small business spills look a little bit different than falling off of a bike, they still involve a certain degree of pain, frustration, and setbacks.
You’re Going To Feel Like You’re Riding Uphill
Any experienced cyclist knows that riding their bicycle uphill requires enormous amounts of effort with relatively little immediate payoff. After minutes and minutes of grueling effort trying to get up a massive hill, all they’ll get in return is a pair of burning thighs. In a business sense, putting in your very best effort and working unhealthy amounts of hours each week all in the name of growing your business may feel like biking uphill. Even though you’re giving it all that you have, you seem to be getting almost nowhere as if you’re on a treadmill jogging in place.
Bear in mind that successfully growing a company in almost an industry, especially during the initial growth stages, is difficult because you really are going uphill. Know that things will eventually flatten and you will eventually gain momentum and see the fruits of your labor pay off.
When Things Are Working, You Enjoy Doing Downhill
Simply “going downhill” versus going downhill on a bike are two different things. While there’s usually a negative connotation associated with things going downhill, there are few greater feelings than flying downhill on your bicycle. This is even truer if you’ve earned this downhill section with some grueling uphill climbs beforehand, as we just touched on above.
The point here is that after you’ve put in so much hard work to get your company where you want it to be, don’t feel so bad about coasting for a little while. After all, when you’re already moving very fast downhill on your bike, even pedaling at the highest resistance gear isn’t going to help you very much. Just let gravity (or in the case of small business, the momentum that you’ve worked hard to build) do the work. You’ll need your energy for when the road begins to flatten out again.
If You Stand Still Or Stop, You’ll Fall
Finally, we arrive at what first-time bikers without training wheels discover — if your feet stay on the pedals but you stop pedaling, you’re eventually going to fall, and it’s going to scrape you up a little bit. Don’t get comfortable or settle for being stagnant as a small business owner because doing so is only going to hurt you in the end. If you must take a break, then commit to it and get off the bike entirely.
The Commercial Finance Group Provides The Support That You Need
No one is expected to master learning how to ride a bike on their own. The same goes for your company; that’s why our small business loan providers in Atlanta and Los Angeles are here to help. Apply today to grow your small to medium-sized business.
