I know that National Small Business Week is technically over, but I think it’s important to celebrate America’s small businesses every day. I’ve had the honor of interacting with countless business owners, as a commercial lender and as a small business owner myself, and I’m grateful for their h
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05/25/2011
Did you know the first National Small Business Week was in 1963? The President of the United States has proclaimed one every year since then, and this year’s National Small Business Week will honor an estimated 27.2 million small businesses and entrepreneurs in our country. To mark the occasion t
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05/19/2011
I get a wide range of questions about what we do as a company. Some people want to know why we specialize in commercial real estate financing for small businesses, some want to know how our loans work, and others are curious about the culture we’ve created here at Mercantile. To answer some of
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05/12/2011
A couple years back, we made up a holiday (yeah, we sometimes do strange things like that). We call it 504 Day, and it falls on May 4th of each year. Despite our best efforts, we haven’t been able to get it registered as a national holiday yet (and Hallmark doesn’t yet recognize it), but I’d like
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05/05/2011
