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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in terms of SBA financing.
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Yes.
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The topic of credit access or access to credit was a central point in Steve's presentation.
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And Steve spoke for over an hour.
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And the...
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The situation that franchising is faced today is certainly improved.
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The IFA has made great strides in working on a bipartisan level with folks in Congress and folks in the Senate and with the administration to make this a central focus for the government to improve access to credit.
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and things are looking better.
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I mean, the SBA, Karen Mills, I believe, has been elevated to a cabinet-level position, so that certainly gives it more prominence.
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And I think that the IFA and the NRA and the other sponsors of the Small Business Lending Summit can take some credit for providing that gentle, constant pressure to our elected officials to address this issue, because it's in our economic interest that these businesses get financed, at least the good ones.
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If you have a good borrower, that they have the five Cs nailed down, and they have a great concept, they ought to be able to get money.
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And I think that the efforts for the IFA in that regard under Steve Caldera's leadership, I've got nothing but respect, and I think that they're getting results.
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But Steve was quick to say they've got a lot more to do.
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I agree with you
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Well, and I think that last year when we were in attendance at the Small Business Lending Summit, they took the organizers, and it wasn't just the IFA, but they really made this event a tough talk event.
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It was no holds barred.
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There were no things that were off limits.
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And it became apparent there was a lot of misconceptions in the lending community, and there was a lot of misconceptions that franchisors have
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about, you know, simple things like the five Cs.
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And there was some heated discussions between some very high-ranking people and some franchisor concepts.
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