Wealth Wednesday 2012…

Entrepreneurs deserve a day for themselves, right?

Since we’ve had Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, and Giving Tuesday, I’m claiming today for all entrepreneurs as WEALTH WEDNESDAY. When small business owners make smart decisions about wealth creation, jobs are created and our economy grows stronger as a whole. On this Inaugural Wealth Wednesday, take a minute to consider what you can do to create wealth for yourself — for the sake of your business and all the people who depend on your business (your family, employees, customers, etc.).

Go to www.504blog.com/wealthwednesday to read more about this impromptu holiday-of-sorts.

Wishing you a Happy, Productive, and Successful Wealth Wednesday!

Chris

P.S. Be sure to share this with as many people as possible, and use the hashtag #wealthwednesday when you talk it up on Twitter. Thanks!

FOX News Interview via Skype…

I’m no technological wizard…

Around the office, I’ve earned a reputation as the “black hole of technology.” Gadgets and devices just don’t seem to get along with me all the time, and I’m thankful that I work with some more tech-savvy people who don’t mind helping when my phone or computer decide to rebel. Today is a victory for me, however. I was invited to appear on FOX News this morning, and I had to use Skype to do the interview due to my travel

Movie Night next Thursday…

Join us for a Complimentary Viewing of Atlas Shrugged II!

You may remember that we hosted a special screening of Atlas Shrugged last year. In case you haven’t heard, the sequel (Atlas Shrugged II) is out and we’re doing it again!

You’re invited to join us for this private screening next Thursday (October 18th, one week from today). Go

Official book trailer released today…

We’re now just two weekend days away from the official release date of my first book: The Entrepreneur’s Secret to Creating Wealth! To celebrate, we’re releasing the official book trailer today. Go to www.504blog.com/book-trailer to watch it and to get more details about the three special offers regarding the book.

Thanks in advance for reading, watching, and sharing! And Happy Friday!

Dedicated to Your Continued Success,

Chris

P.S. You can now buy the book online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Books-A-Million. Who doesn’t love options?

It’s International Book Week!

And I’ve got some Special Offers for you regarding MY book…

Since we’re getting closer to the release of my first book, The Entrepreneur’s Secret to Creating Wealth…AND it’s International Book Week…I want to give you some details about two very special offers if you’d like to purchase multiple copies. One of them is a BOGO deal, and the other is a way to raise money to help young entrepreneurs. Go to www.504blog.com to watch today’s video blog and get the whole story…

Thanks for reading, watching, commenting, and sharing. Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to the release date of October 1st.

Dedicated to Your Continued Success,

Chris

BIG Announcement: New Resource for Small Business Owners…

I mentioned via social media last week that I’d have a big announcement yesterday. Well, we all know how busy Mondays can be, so it got postponed until today. Nevertheless, I’m extremely proud to announce that my first book will launch on October 1st!

If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you’ve known that this has been coming for some time. You may have even helped me choose the title and cover design (and I’m grateful for your input). We now know that The Entrepreneur’s Secret to Wealth Creation: How the Smartest Business Owners Build Their Fortunes will be available for purchase on October 1st…but you need to know some details about our charity-benefitting presale happening right now, so watch the short video I’ve posted on my blog: www.504blog.com/book-announcement.

Will Congress listen?

Small businesses need our help…

I’ve started a petition on Change.org in order to generate some buzz for the extension of two very important SBA loan programs. To learn more about the SBA 504 FMLP and Refi programs, and to find out why it’s imperative that Congress extend them, watch the video I posted today on my blog (probably the shortest one I’ve ever done).

Thanks in advance, on behalf of small business owners all over the country!

Chris

P.S. If you’re short on time today and you’d rather skip the video and go straight to the petition, you’ll find it at bit.ly/fmlp-refi-petition. Thanks!

SBA 504 loans and the Olympics?

SBA 504 Loans, the Olympics, and Book Cover Judging…

Fact about me: I love the Olympics. The pageantry of the games and the world-class athletic competition are so much fun to watch. Here’s another fun fact: right before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, I learned that one of America’s most decorated Olympians in history trained at a facility that was financed with an SBA 504 loan.

In defense of entrepreneurs…

To all Entrepreneurs — Yes, you DID build that!

I have a handful of things I talk about in this week’s video blog — our record-breaking first six months of the year, the results of the Social Madness competition, and my recent nomination as a Top 100 Small Business Influencer — but I’m going to spend the bulk of my time on what President Obama said (exactly one week ago today) about business owners.

The Avengers of small business lending?

Shattering records, just like The Avengers…sort of.

Just like The Avengers, which broke the all-time record this year for an opening weekend (making $207.4 million at the box office), this has been a record-smashing year for Mercantile Capital Corporation so far. In just the first six months of 2012, we’ve closed one more loan than we did in all of 2011 (which was also a record-breaking year), and our loan volume is up 240% from the same period last year. We’re now