What is your Business Credit Score to Start?
The Business Credit and Financing Show · Ty Crandall
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Show Notes
During this show, you will discover …
How important it is to have a D-U-N-S number and why you cannot start building business credit without one
That business credit is independent of consumer credit; the commercial CRAs are trying to gauge how well your business can pay its bills and not you
That a free D-U-N-S number is crucial because your company cannot get into D&Bs system without one
What it takes to have a PAYDEX score generated – hint: it is not automatic
How D&B calculates its rating for new businesses …
… and what that rating is
What Experian and Equifax do with new businesses …
… and how having little to no history can hurt your scores …
… but also help them, at least a little bit
Just how important payment history really is
How to build business credit from scratch
What getting secured credit with collateral and unsecured business financing are …
… and how you can qualify for either
And much more...