by Sam Thacker | Apr 24, 2017 | Best of Sam Thacker, Blog, Construction Financing, Government Contracts, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas Production Financing, Small Business Loans
Audited Financial Statements Benefit Middle-Market Companies Audited financial statements provide shareholders, investors and lenders of lower middle market and middle market companies the highest assurances of the financial strength of a business. They cost more than... 
by Sam Thacker | Dec 7, 2016 | Best of Sam Thacker, Blog, Eagle Ford Shale, Oil and Gas Production Financing, Oil Field Equipment Finance, Oilfield Services, Permian Basin TX
When OPEC met last on November 30, 2016, the cartel reached a tentative agreement to reduce crude oil production by 1.2 million barrels a day. The optimism generated by the hope of that agreement drove the price of oil from the mid $40s to above $50 a barrel. That 18%... 
by Sam Thacker | May 26, 2013 | Best of Sam Thacker, Blog, Eagle Ford Shale, Oil Field Equipment Finance, Oilfield Services, Permian Basin TX
In the next 5-10 years, Texas oilfield services companies may very well change dynamics and politics of oil and gas. Thousands of small and mid-sized oilfield services companies are growing because of the oil and gas boom currently taking place in Texas. Oilfield... 
by Sam Thacker | May 8, 2013 | Best of Sam Thacker, Blog
Though most commercial invoice factoring companies are good legitimate companies, there are a few unscrupulous companies that give the industry a bad name. Over the last 5 years Sam Thacker has written about a few of them. A week or two ago, our staff found another... 
by Sam Thacker | Mar 31, 2013 | Best of Sam Thacker
There have been a number of small asset-based lenders enter the commercial finance market since 2007. Asset-based lenders loan against inventory and accounts receivable and sometimes other assets. In a column written for AllBusiness.com Experts Sam discusses what kind... by Sam Thacker | Mar 26, 2013 | Best of Sam Thacker, Blog
In January 2013 I gave a presentation to a group of 40 business owners about the outlook for borrowing in 2013. My Advice: Don’t bother with “Mega” banks. They just aren’t loaning to small businesses that aren’t insanely profitable and...