The Best Part of Google’s Conference Was a Teen Who Taught Himself to Code to Diagnose Cancer

by synergycap1 | May 18, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

One of Silicon Valley’s fundamental beliefs is that everyone in tech is working on something that could change the world. In truth, most of the 2 million apps in the app store do no such thing. But every so often a curious kid will sit down, study up...

Want to Win a Negotiation Against a Bigger Player? Try This Remarkably Simple Tactic

by synergycap1 | May 18, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Productivity, Working Capital

You’re pitching your app to an investor who’s interested. But there’s a problem. You have only one interested investor and he has many other startups to choose from. He can just get up and walk away. Your instinct will tell you to give him plenty of...

The Uber of Private Jets — How JetSmarter’s CMO Thinks About Growing a Unicorn

by synergycap1 | May 18, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Marketing, Working Capital

Earlier this month I spoke with JetSmarter’s CMO, Ronn Torossian about brand creation, strategies to stay competitive in your industry, and how JetSmarter gets personal with it’s customers. If you’re not familiar with JetSmarter, it’s a...

Why Wharton’s No. 1 professor recommends keeping a resume of your failures

by synergycap1 | May 18, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

Grant got the idea to put together a resume of failures from Princeton professor Johannes Haushofer whose “CV of Failures” — written to give others an honest look at his professional process — went viral. For Grant, working on his own resume of...

The One Factor That Helps CEOs Think Bigger

by synergycap1 | May 18, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Finance, Grow, Working Capital

Most would agree that a key responsibility for any CEO is to drive his or her company’s growth with a forward-looking vision and strategic plan. Developing such a plan in start-up mode is one thing, but continuing to build upon that plan and find new ways to...

Trump administration sends NAFTA renegotiation letter to Congress

by synergycap1 | May 18, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Economics, Finance, Non-Bank Loans, Working Capital

The Trump administration on Thursday notified Congress that it plans to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, the three-member deal with Mexico and Canada that President Donald Trump has repeatedly slammed. The U.S. can start renegotiating the agreement...