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Choosing a Bank for Your Startup

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PNW's VC Ecosystem Posts a Record $5.4B in Value for 2020

CytoSorbents Delivers Technology to Calm the Storm

Asset-Based Lending: Advantages and Examples

There are many ways of raising the capital needed to grow a business, yet many companies default to a traditional cash flow-based loan. Asset-based lending is a lesser-known financing option that may make more sense.

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Understanding Asset-Based Lending and Its Benefits for Your Business

Even though a business generates significant assets it may still experience cash shortages. It may grow so rapidly that the company’s cash flow is not aligned with traditional borrowing requirements.

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Mitigating Money Transfer Fraud in M&A

Latham & Watkins’ Bret Stancil and Bridge Bank’s Heather Kelly discuss the steps dealmakers can take to ensure that merger consideration is delivered to payees in an age of widespread fraud risk.

Debt Strategies for Venture-Backed Startups

Recently, Mike Lederman, senior managing director in Bridge Bank’s Technology Banking Group, met up with Smart Brevity Studio to discuss debt strategies and the benefits of venture debt for startups.

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Inflation and the Battle to Tame It Will Persist

Higher costs for goods and services permeated the economy in recent months, but will inflation persist or return to the 1% to 2% range that we have enjoyed in recent decades?

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Housing Costs to Keep Inflation Elevated

Peak inflation may be behind us and several factors that contributed to the high pace of inflation have eased in recent months.

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Commercial Real Estate as an Inflation Hedge

Commercial real estate is often considered an inflation hedge, but does this hold through varying market conditions?

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6 Questions That Can Help You Evaluate Your Business Bank Relationship

Whatever the economic climate, it’s a good idea to make sure your bank is still meeting the needs of your business. With these six questions, you can evaluate the strength of your banking relationship.

Will Workers Return to the Office?

As the world continues to adapt to living with the COVID-19 virus, employers and employees will adapt to new ways of working that will still necessitate physical office space.

Bay Area Multifamily Market Overview

The Bay Area multifamily rental market turned a corner in 2021 attracting new residents from outside the region along with some who returned.

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