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		<title>D &amp; B is or isn&#146;t important for a company starting up?</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[D&amp;B is very important if you]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[D&amp;B is very important if you do not want to have to personally guarantee your business loans. I would start working on building a strong business credit score, first, then go after some financing.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thank you all for your input.&nb]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thank you all for your input.&nbsp; I think for my business I will go ahead and pay the monies before I open my doors.&nbsp; I know that banks, and some wholesalers will not give credit without prior D &amp; B information.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I completely understand.&nbsp; T]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I completely understand.&nbsp; Thank you for the clarification.&nbsp; Is it Steve, William or Bill &nbsp;
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				<title><![CDATA[William, (or is it Steve):
Just]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[William, (or is it Steve):
Just to be clear, I didn`t mean to imply that lenders didn`t even look at the D&amp;B info. What I wanted to convey is that there are other factors that have greater importance in securing a loan. In other words, I`m n]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
From my experience, the "credi]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
From my experience, the "credit" that is being discussed here is "trade credit" - the ability to purchase goods /services from other vendors and pay for it later. Typically this "later" is 30 days although some vendors may want]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[From my experience, the "credit"]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[From my experience, the "credit" that is being discussed here is "trade credit" - the ability to purchase goods /services from other vendors and pay for it later. Typically this "later" is 30 days although some vendors may want 15 days. In some cases, y]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[ 
Research www.creditboards.com]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[ 
Research www.creditboards.com&nbsp; .&nbsp; 

Specifically ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thank you for this thread.&nbsp;]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thank you for this thread.&nbsp; I have been on the creditboards and it is a real eye-opener.&nbsp; Great information.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[



Q: Which banks would the]]></title>
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Q: Which banks would these be?
A: Use http://www.bankrate.com for both the best reported interest
rates and reviews.&nbsp; The only two I would consider are Capital One or US
Bank.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
Hi&nbsp;I saw this commet you ]]></title>
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Hi&nbsp;I saw this commet you posted...
We are in the same boat, getting ready to pay D &amp; B to build a profile for us. The next step after that is to apply for easy credit to build that profi]]></description>
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