Big Jump in SBA Lending in Last 30 Days

Good news for small businesses looking for a loan--lenders have increased their loan activity. Check out this article: www.colemanpublishing.com/public.546.cfm. 

SBA has reported the following lenders have shown some lending activity this past month:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Wachovia SBA Lending, Inc.

Vision One CU

Union Bank, N.A.

U.S. Bank National Association

Tri-Valley Bank

Superior Financial Group, LLC

Sterling Savings Bank

Sonoma Valley Bank

Santa Cruz County Bank

Safe CU

Redwood CU

Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co., FSB

Mechanics Bank

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Innovative Bank

Community West Bank, National Association

Bank of America, National Association

Inspiration from Business Make-Overs

America's ongoing fascination with reality TV also includes small business make-overs. You get a chance to see how other business owners run their business and hear advice from industry gurus on how to turn their business around.

A&E's We Mean Business grapples with impending doom of businesses in jeopardy by showing owners how to reduce expenses, increase profits, limit liability, implement new technologies and more. You might recognize the host, Bill Rancic as a former winner of the Apprentice show. http://www.aetv.com/we-mean-business/index.jsp.

According to Entertainment Weekly, TLC has plans to launch a new series called Mom, Inc. Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos help struggling entrepreneurs.

My favorite series no longer runs but was called The Turnaround and ran on CNN. You can learn more and purchase episodes here: http://money.cnn.com/ontv/turnaround.

For those of you in the food business, there's also Food Network TV's Recipe for Success: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipe-for-success/index.html.