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How to finance business expansion without a loan

By Becky McCray

My friend Chuck Huckaby sent along this idea, a technique for funding a business expansion without going the bank loan route. Tourism businesses with a loyal group of repeat visitors could use it, too.

Read more at Can You Use This Technique To Fund Your Business Expansion?

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Becky started Small Biz Survival in 2006 to share rural business and community building stories and ideas with other small town business people. She and her husband have a small cattle ranch and are lifelong entrepreneurs. Becky is an international speaker on small business and rural topics.

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July 27, 2010 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, finance, ideas Tagged With: recession

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  1. maesz says

    July 27, 2010 at 1:47 pm

    WOW! This is an AMAZING idea. Clever. Appealing. About as close to truly personal as is possible. This is one of those “Now, why didn’t I think of that?” ideas.

    I was particularly fascinated by the 25% “breakage.”

  2. MissDazey says

    July 27, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    Wonder how and if this could be used for online business. Love the idea.

  3. Becky McCray says

    July 27, 2010 at 11:45 pm

    Thank you, ladies. Any business with a loyal fan base could pull this off, I think. The key is the loyalty of those people.

  4. Katie says

    July 28, 2010 at 12:47 am

    Absolutely, this is key to a very loyal fan base! Wonderful idea!

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