If you’re wondering what The Capital Factor could do for you, check out this personal story from a member of our own   planning team:

When I started my law office I was a wet-behind-the-ears kid with little to no assets and very little experience. Banks wouldn’t even sniff at me, and the SBA said I needed to have money to get money.

Who was going to take a chance on me? Too bad I didn’t have the opportunity to work with Midas Financial or go to The Capital Factor, of course, back in 1996 I barely had the internet, let alone internet marketing…

All I knew then was the credit card companies didn’t ask me any questions and I didn’t have to show them a business plan. I was also fortunate to have a very supportive network of family and friends that made small loans to me. I started out on a shoe string, but, by God, it worked. In five years of business, my  “sales” grew by 25% each year; I supported myself, husband and first daughter in the first few months with a reasonable take home amount each month; I paid off all of my loans and credit cards; and walked away from a thriving practice with cash & assets in my pocket.

Looking back it doesn’t seem like it was that bad, however, like childbirth, time has softened the hard edges of the memories of the worry about whether I would have enough money to pay my office manager or if my phone book and newspaper ads were doing any good at all. How much better focus would I have had for my clients if I had known about leasing or had access to a line of credit for low cash flow months? I will never know, and I am glad to have had the  experiences I have had, but wow, is it a different world out there now with all of the resources and information available! It boggles my mind and yet it is exciting, too, that I am able to help other people follow their dreams. Not that my dreams are over; I just don’t know what my entrepreneurial spirit wants to tackle next … yet!

Today, if someone asked me, or if I saw someone struggling, just like I do with my children, I would want to gently offer up my experience so that maybe they wouldn’t make the same mistakes I did.  I would say, “Recognize the people around you that know what they are talking about and listen to them!”  And, “Run, don’t walk, to sign up for The Capital Factor conference!”  If I had known Rex Wisehart back then, I would have stuck to him like glue and hung on his every word.  If you are at a crossroads wondering which path will take you where you want to go, come and get guidence at our conference.

Arlene Anderson
General Manager, Midas Financial

To learn more about The Capital Factor Spring Conference and what this blockbuster event can do for YOU and your business, check out www.thecapitalfactor.com.

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