Building Business Credit for Small Business
For many small business owners, the idea of having to get a loan to either start a new venture or keep afloat a present one can bring anxiety. 
What if my credit score is too low to secure a loan? What if I don’t get the loan and can’t pay my business expenses? What if all I have worked for or dreamed of over the years is about to go up in smoke?
While there are loans to be had, it takes a good credit report to reel them in.
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Why do credit ratings play such an essential role in our everyday lives? 
Credit ratings are essential because it indicates how likely an individual, a business, a city, a county, a state, or even a country is able to repay a debt. Each one of these entities has a credit rating and depending on positive or negative factors a rating can be upgraded or downgraded.
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With the economy struggling to gain a foothold in these turbulent times, the last thing a small business owner wants to hear is that he or she has an employee credit card problem.
Unfortunately, as more individuals struggle with their own financial matters, some have turned to their employers as a source of additional income, just not legally.
So, what can you as a small business owner do to stop credit card fraud and protect your company when some of your employees have access to business credit cards for traveling, buying office supplies, etc.?
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Experts agree it is 5 to 10 times more expensive to acquire new customers than to retain existing ones. 
But in order to retain those profitable business customers requires proven methods that will not only help you generate repeat purchases but also improve customer referrals.
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Do you know what Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, and William McKinley all have in common other than being U.S. Presidents? 
They all worked as credit reporters at The Mercantile Agency, a predecessor to Dun and Bradstreet.
The history behind the business credit reporting giant, Dun and Bradstreet, is fascinating stemming all the way back to an American businessman and entrepreneur known as Lewis Tappan.
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