Watch4thehook Business & Entrepeneur Podcast
Watch4thehook Business & Entrepeneur Podcast

Watch4thehook Business & Entrepeneur Podcast

Micheal & Tatiana Parker

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We will give you an in-depth look at what really goes on for small business entrepreneurs. You all will get to peek behind the curtains of the business world with Micheal and Tatiana Parker, the CO-Owners of WATCH4THEHOOK apparel brand. We will give you an unfiltered perspective to what really goes on in their day to day lives as business entrepreneurs. Tha Hook is any unforeseen circumstance that is hindering you from achieving the greatness you SEEK in LIFE. We hope to inspire entrepreneurs to fight for their dreams. We won't hide any real truths from our listeners and know you all will keep on Hooking Up With Us. The road less traveled is never easy but it deserves to be traveled, nevertheless. We invite you all on this entrepreneurial journey with us as we work to hopefully leave a Legacy Greater Than Us!!!!

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The Difference Between Small Business Loans and Small Business Grants
DEC 11, 2024
The Difference Between Small Business Loans and Small Business Grants
<p>***** Subscribe to One of the Best Business Podcasts Today on Apple or Spotify Platforms*****</p><p></p><p>A small business loan is money that can be borrowed from a prospective lender that will have to be paid back with interest. While a small business grant can be free money awarded to a small business that does not have to be paid back. The key from those last two sentences is that a loan requires repayment, whereas a grant does not.</p><p>There a key points about a small business loan and grants:</p><p>Application process:</p><p>Loan applications usually focus on creditworthiness and the ability to repay. We have talked about in an earlier episode about fixing your personal credit first. We continue to preach that after you become 18 your credit score number means more to you than your SS#.</p><p>Eligibility Criteria:</p><p>Both loans and grants may have certain criteria eligibility requirements based on certain business factors such as: size of the business, industry, location of the business, and financial health of the business. Sometimes grant eligibility can be more restrictive. </p><p>Just be aware of the financial stipulations can also can be associated with getting a loan or a grant. Tune in to this episode to see if your business can benefit from some financial stimulation. </p><p>#businessloan #businessgrant #financiallender #loan #grant #repayment #gift #freemoney #flexibility #applicationprocess #moneyawarded </p><p></p>
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20 MIN
Are You Paying With Cash or Card
DEC 4, 2024
Are You Paying With Cash or Card
<p>*****Subscribe to our Podcast on Apple or Spotify Platforms Today*****</p><p>There are a number of ways a small business can accept payment from customers. Merchant services are various financial services for businesses to accept and process electronic payment transactions. It sounds simple, but that includes everything from hardware used for card payments to the virtual gateways that secure online transactions. As always, nothing in life is free either. The average credit card processing fee, which will be taken out of the merchant's (the business) sales revenue. This fee may range from about 1.5% to 3.5%. Merchants can negotiate their card processing fees, and they are not set in stone.</p><p>October of 2024, we had been noticing some "new" and "unexplained" charges coming from our business bank account for awhile. M&amp;T Parker LLC has has a portable payment operating system from Clover. There had always been a standard monthly fee with a percentage fee of a certain percent on the amount of a processed purchase amount. We mainly used it for pop up events and in person purchases as well for our loyal customers. Long story short, we have not parted ways with Fiserv (the parent company) and Clover because of the unexplained charges and other not so cool customer service business transactions. Tune in to see if your small business is being service fees to death as well.</p><p>#smallbusinessowner #merchantservices #acceptablepayment #onlinetransactions #creditcard #creditcardpayments #banktransactions #monthlyfees #percentagefees #processingfees #electronicpayments #financialservices</p>
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25 MIN
We Tried to Warn You Part 2
NOV 20, 2024
We Tried to Warn You Part 2
<p>*****Subscribe today to the Watch4thehook Business &amp; Entrepreneur Podcast*****</p><p></p><p>For our small business owners, take time right now to mark down your expenses as we go into 2025. It is always harder to argue facts than fiction or opinions. Write down what your day to day, month to month, or year to year expenses are for your business. This will help you to see how the current economic status is affecting you and your business. They say, "money makes the world go around". It is actually the movement and the exchange of monetary sources that makes the world go around. That is why there were 2 economic stimulus packages passed by the U.S. Congress during the height of the global Covid-19 pandemic. People were not getting out spending money, or exchanging monetary sources. The economy is paced by the population spending their hard earned dollars with businesses off all calibers. The issue is for the upcoming United States Presidential Administration, how will they make the following business concerns better of worse for small businesses.</p><ul><li> Access to capital</li><li> Business taxation</li><li>Tariffs on imported goods</li><li>Tariffs on exported goods</li><li>Business loan qualifications</li></ul><p></p><p>#election2024 #yourvote #votingimpactsbusiness #smallbusiness #politicsimpactsbusiness #podcastinterview #franchise #podcastseries #spotifypodcast #applepodcast #inspiration #motivation #podcastlife #entrepreneur #womeninbusiness #podcastlove</p>
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15 MIN