The passion driving WAIN Street comes from the conviction that the data and insights we create will help “Bridge Wall Street and Main Street.” We believe that financial techniques can be used for the greater purpose of fueling mid-market and small businesses to create jobs, innovate, and regain our economic prowess. Enabling Wall Street to …
When you claim something has “game changing potential” as WAIN Street does in reference to the Business Credit Health Index (BCH Index), there’s always going to be skeptics that have trouble seeing a bold vision. One thing that can really help ease that skepticism is outside validation of the general concept on which your claims …
The middle market is getting a lot of love from people these days. And why shouldn’t they? They’re a roughly defined group of companies with somewhere between $10 million and $1 billion in revenue. It’s a broad range for sure, but contained in there are some of the real gems of the American economy. They’re companies …
There’s a very interesting pair of bills working its way through Congress right now around protecting the ability of companies to raise money through crowdfunding. Crowdfunding, popularized by Kickstarter and Kiva, has been around for a couple years now and even with some very sizeable start-up success stories, the start-up investment world has been dismissive. At least …
From CNN Money: Why Occupy Wall Street Isn’t About a List of Demands This CNN Money article argues that lacking focus is not a problem for ‘Occupy Wall Street’ because it’s primary goal is to get attention. While this is somewhat true, an opportunity is being squandered by lacking a message: The protests have been effective …
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Have you ever gotten pissed at your car for not starting when you were running late for a meeting? Or maybe it was your coffee maker for brewing a room temperature pot? When they don’t do what they’re supposed to, even inanimate machines will incite emotions like anger, rage, or contempt; things that are usually …
Last Thursday the National Middle Market Summit kicked off. Bankrolled by the likes of GE Capital and Fed Ex, “Leading from the Middle” attempted to bring more visibility to the ‘mid-market companies’ defined as firms with revenues between $10 million and $1 billion. Among the A-list speakers were GE CEO and Obama ‘Jobs Czar’ Jeff …
