small business

More Minnesota Truckers Factor with Commonwealth Capital

Commonwealth Capital, based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, is happy to announce that it has funded two additional small trucking companies in Minnesota, expanding its factoring services in Minnesota and beyond. Our factoring services for small truckers allow the trucking companies to eliminate fuel advances and quick pay fees. Both of these new companies had […]

By |July 15th, 2014|Deal, Trucking|

Architectural Products Maker Funds Growth By Factoring

Commonwealth Capital was recently introduced to a growing maker of architectural products. The Company is a Minneapolis-based subsidiary of a foreign parent company. While the parent company has been in existence for many years the domestic subsidiary was wrapping up its start-up phase. With a rapidly expanding order pipeline, the Company was in needed working […]

By |June 9th, 2014|Deal|

Dr. Seuss on Working On Your Business and Taking Action

Earlier this week I wrote about a lesson we can learn from Oh, The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss’. In that post I discussed the need for focus for every business. Now let’s review two more important aspects of business ownership: working on the business instead of just in it and taking action.
Take a […]

By |May 16th, 2014|Blog|

What Dr. Seuss Said To Encourage Small Business Owners

We typically think of Dr. Seuss’s books as fun books to read to kids. But, as I read Oh, The Places You’ll Go! to my daughter the recently I was struck by Dr. Seuss’s genius. I realized that Dr. Seuss was simultaneously writing for children and small business owners. So in honor of National Small […]

By |May 14th, 2014|Blog|

Happy National Small Business Week 2014!

We are so excited that this week is National Small Business Week 2014. The Small Business Administration has been celebrating the achievements of small businesses one week per year since 1963. We are crazy about small businesses and what they do for our economy. It’s great to take a week to celebrate to recognize our […]

By |May 12th, 2014|Blog|

Mini-Apple Pie On A Stick

We saw these amazing Mini-Apple Pie’s on a Stick made by the amazing Taste of Love Bakery. A nice homage to our home state of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Fair, where everything is on a stick.

If you’re in West St. Paul, be sure to check out Taste of Love Bakery!

By |April 30th, 2014|Blog|

$200,000 Invoice Factoring Facility for Apparel Distributor

Commonwealth Capital is pleased to announce that it has funded a Minnesota-based Apparel Distributor through a $200,000 invoice factoring facility. The Company, which had been self-financed, had recently received a large order from a Big Box Retailer. The order was roughly equal to the Company’s previous year’s sales.

The Company, looking for a solution to pay […]

By |February 11th, 2014|Deal|