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Two More X-Men Join The Team

July 16th, 2008

From the day we started the XBanker we set out to do two things: bring together world class expertise and best in breed solutions for helping entrepreneurs access capital for their business. We’ve been busy making key deals to enhance our offering and to attract great talent. That being said, it is my pleasure to announce that Trent & Chad Lee are joining the XBanker initiative - a critical portfolio asset for Shared Success.

This dynamic duo built Corporate Credit Concepts from the ground up, establishing themselves as the premier provider of cash credit solutions for entrepreneurs. We have formed a strategic alliance to integrate our consulting solutions into a combined offering: Business Credit Success. Through this partnership, we will be able to help our clients obtain thousands of dollars in cash credit without personal guarantees - regardless of the business owner’s personal credit.

Stay tuned as this relationship develops and other key acquisitions are made. In the meantime, enjoy the great content these two experts will contribute to the blog and to the business.

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You Know You’ve “Arrived” When…

July 10th, 2008

…you make a cameo appearance in an Angelina Jolie movie.

Garrett Sutton’s book, The ABC’s of Getting Out of Debt, makes a cameo during a scene of the movie: Wanted.

The word on the street is that the movie is pretty lame - I guess the trailer is better than the flick (so you can see it here and save yourself some money). I imagine there will be some fatalities from kids trying to “bend” bullets (watch the trailer to see). On the other hand, Garrett’s book has received very positive reviews and no one has been fatally injured practicing anything in the book!

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Almost Famous!

February 26th, 2008

I’ve been invited to publish a series of posts on The XBroker blog relating to small business financing for professionals in the real estate and mortgage industries. Check out my first post: How To Maximize Your Income and Minimize Your Liability as a Real Estate Professional.

If you’ve never visited the XBroker blog, I highly recommend spending some time there. The XBroker’s advocacy of transparent mortgage rates is a thorn in the side of a banking and mortgage establishment that continually stings consumers with marked up interest rates and bogus fees.

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The XBanker Manifesto

February 15th, 2008

The question is not “who is the XBanker?” but “why the XBanker?”

I don’t want there to be any misunderstandings as to my intentions here. I love small business and believe that entrepreneurship can be one of the greatest forces for good in the world. I’ve worked with thousands of small business owners and I’ve seen the same mistakes made over and over again when it comes to the most important part of building a business: accessing capital.

Rather than sit here and lament the small business failure rate, I prefer to do something about it by providing three things: 1) Insight, 2) Action, and 3) Results.

INSIGHT
What you don’t know about bank financing can and will hurt you. It can be challenging enough to avoid the many financing scams out there that plague small business owners.

But in fact, they’re the least of your worries. There are plenty of other well-hidden landmines along the path to successful financing that can cripple your business, wipe out your assets, and destroy your personal credit.

My goal is to help small business owners access the capital they need in the safest and most rewarding manner possible.

ACTION
The last thing the world needs is another business advice column. Most just walk readers into booby traps anyway. Me and my team aren’t just spouting good ideas—these are real world solutions you can use.

The fact remains, you can’t read your way into a successful business; you’ve got to work at it to make it happen. If I had a dollar for every person who’s asked me to do it for them, I would be retired by now. There just aren’t enough hours in the day and cloning isn’t an option (yet). In the meantime, we’ve developed a suite of products and solutions that do just that.

RESULTS
At the end of the day, it’s results that matter. If what you read here saves you time and money, or opens the door to the capital you need to grow your business, that’s success to me. We built XBanker to serve the needs small business owners everywhere, helping them finance their businesses and preserve equity, while protecting their personal credit.

There you have it.

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Rise of the XBanker

February 7th, 2008

I’m sitting here trying to think of something suitably witty and profound for this, my first official blog post. But to be honest with you, it’s kind of hard to type with this bag on my head.

I’ll be back soon.

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