Ep. 282 | Reddit Doesn’t Have to Make Your Loan Payments
Nearly a million in sales. Cash flow on life support. Should you really be borrowing more?
Sales look great. Cash is tight. And somehow, the plan is to borrow more money.
Welcome to Reddit on the Rocks, where Matthew R. Meehan and Luigi Rosabianca take real small business questions off Reddit and put the numbers (and the logic) under a microscope. Anonymous advice is free. Cleaning up after it? That gets expensive.
This week, business owners want to expand, escape debt, cut prices, and hand someone else the keys. Matt and Luigi have a few follow-up questions.
🍸 On the menu:
More debt, more problems? A pet care owner needs $150K while a merchant cash advance takes a bite out of sales.
Working for yourself—or your lenders? Sorting through SBA loans, EIDL debt, and a pile of credit card bills.
The discount trap. That 20% price cut could eat half your margin. Enjoy being twice as busy.
You’d like to leave. Can you? What happens when the owner wants out of the daily work.
Your ads flopped. Now you want a loan? The missing step between spending money and winning customers.
Listen before you borrow. And remember: the guy handing out business advice on Reddit won’t be chipping in on your loan payments.
🔗 Links + Stuff
Original Reddit Thread: How would you close this $150K funding gap?: https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/1x0il1t/opinions_as_to_how_youd_close_this_funding_gap/
Original Reddit Thread: I borrowed $275K and still haven’t made a dent in it: https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/1wc9hcd/i_took_out_a_275k_eidl_loan_in_20202021_and_i/
Original Reddit Thread: Business owners, how is everyone handling it? https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/1wyoreb/business_owners/
Original Reddit Thread: A profitable owner wants to step away from daily operations: https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/1wt79rd/realistic_100k_a_year_small_business/
Original Reddit Thread: When should you take out a business loan? https://www.reddit.com/r/smallbusiness/comments/1way5ry/when_to_take_out_a_loan/
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