SBA loans and community bank relationship banking
How Community Banks Actually Work: What Minnesota Business Owners Should Expect Most business owners have a general sense that community banks offer something different from national institutions. More personal service, local …
Why SBTC
4/17/26
Exit Planning for Minnesota Business Owners: When to Start, What to Get Right, and What Most People Miss Most business owners I talk to know they'll leave their company someday. Very few have done anything to prepare for it. The ones who have usually …
Business Strategy
4/10/26
Community Banking Month 2026: Why Local Banks Still Win for Minnesota Businesses Community banks fund nearly 60% of the nation's small business loans and more than 80% of agricultural loans — and they do it with a model that …
Why SBTC
4/3/26
Two business owners reviewing financial statements across a table from a commercial lender
Business Loan Criteria in Minnesota: Why Two Similar Companies Get Different Answers Two Minnesota companies can walk into two banks with matching revenue, comparable profit, and the same industry code, and walk out with different …
Business Strategy
4/1/26
starting an online business
How to Launch an Online Store in Minnesota: A 2026 Guide Launching an online store has never been easier. Standing up a storefront on Shopify or Squarespace takes an afternoon. Keeping one alive past the …
Small Business
3/27/26
minneapolis st. paul rent control
Rent Control in Minnesota: What Landlords and Investors Need to Know in 2026 If you own rental property in the Twin Cities, the loudest housing-policy fight of the last few years has gone quiet. Minneapolis authorized rent …
Rental
3/20/26

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