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Getting and using business loans effectively is an essential part of life for businesses of all sizes. It's not a 'one of' activity - most businesses will need several loans at different stages in their development. Business loans provide advantages in many areas: * Start up cash flow * Sales and marketing * Developing new products * Acquisitions and mergers * New premises * Business process improvement Understanding the difference between good debt and bad debt Developing businesses requires investment. Business loans are a common way of securing that investment. It is obviously important to understand that debt from business loans is good if the profits exceed the costs. Any business loan that doesn't make a positive return is bad debt. Good debt is the only type of debt to have. When you apply for a business loan make sure you know precisely how you are going to profit from the investment and you should find the process very easy. Even if you have spare capital it can often be better to finance new initiatives using a business loan. Should anything go wrong a properly structured business loan will limit your personal liability. If you use your own capital you could lose everything. Good debt provides a positive return on your investment - it is up to you to maximise that return through the optimum mix of cash and loan. Conversely, I have seen many companies enter into manifestly bad debt. One of the more common situations is expanding into larger premises to boost output without first doing market research to show that there is sufficient demand to finance the debt. Developing new products or services can be very expensive. Logically, such major investment should be market led. All too infrequently do we see adequate market research as a precursor to obtaining business loans for service development. Not surprisingly much of the finance raised becomes 'bad debt'. Getting Started Preparation is the key to ensuring all your business loans become good debt. The terms of the loan, the balance between capital or equity investment, and even the interest rates you have to pay are secondary to ensuring you are entering into 'good debt'.
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