Joe Caruso
speaker
4,639 appearances
52 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2010
last heard Oct 2012
Joe Caruso’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Very, very well attended.
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They had 305 attendees.
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And it was a real cross-section of franchising, business, government, the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, of course the IFA, CIT, American Express, a bunch of people from the Asian American Hotel Operators Association.
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As you can imagine, credit access in the hotel industry is a very, very big deal.
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our friends at Fran Data, Bullfly.
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It was a lot, and there was a lot covered.
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I mean, it was action-packed.
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I mean,
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went from the morning until mid-afternoon, and I think the gist of it was that the lending picture is improving.
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Credit access is easier than it was, you know,
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since 2008, but it's not where it needs to be.
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Karen Mills from the SBA painted a very positive picture for SBA guaranteed lending, and as you may or may not know, her position was elevated to a cabinet position in the
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administration.
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So there certainly is a bright light on credit access
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And there seems to be a great partnership between the IFA and the SBA and the administration to be able to improve lending.
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But we're not out of the woods yet.
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It's not easy for everybody.
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And a number of the panelists that were franchisors and franchisees are still experiencing a great deal of difficulty.
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Even when they're qualified financially to get loans, they're still having challenges in getting them.
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Fantastic.
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