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This list is assembled from the actual wording used by our clients to describe the financial hurdles they encountered before working with Acorn Partners. We have worked with business owners like you, and found practical ways to solve their real problems. Select the scenario that best describes your current situation:
	Your banker has told you to slow down your rate of growth
	Your banker (or accountant) has told you that you are "overtrading"
	You have been advised to get angel or venture capital to support your sales growth
	Your bank will not increase your line of credit
	The money owed you by your customers (accounts receivable) totals more than twice the total amount of credit provided by your bank
	You want to avoid turning down an exceptionally large order for your products or services
	You are unable to increase the number of customer because you could not provide the new customers with payment terms
	You do not try to increase sales because you would not have the money to finance the orders if you got them
	Your sales are growing at more than 15% per year
	The time and effort trying to raise venture capital would be better spent making sales to customers
	You would like to avoid giving up large amounts of equity for venture capital
	You could use extra funds while negotiating with a company seeking to invest in or acquire your firm
	You are negotiating the sale of your firm and the buyer requires additional funds to complete the purchase
	Your business has a business bank account but the bank will not lend you money
	Your business is less than 2 years old
	Your monthly sales volume fluctuates by a factor of 2+ during the year
	Your bank line of credit is being reduced just when sales are increasing
	Your bank has called your line of credit
	Your bank has said that for every dollar collected, they will keep half
	Your account manager has said you now have a new account manager in "Special Loans"
	You have spent money on R&D for the past year. Now you need money before you can get the tax credits you have earned.
	You need money immediately to acquire an important soft asset like a mailing list or other intellectual property