1 00:00:01.025 --> 00:00:01.605 Hey everyone. 2 00:00:01.605 --> 00:00:02.605 Alison Berger here. 3 00:00:02.625 --> 00:00:05.005 I'm at the B2B Finance Expo now joined 4 00:00:05.005 --> 00:00:07.565 by Bo Exte with Emerger Lending. How's it going? 5 00:00:07.985 --> 00:00:10.205 Oh, it's going great. Yeah, I'm loving it. 6 00:00:10.555 --> 00:00:12.525 What are we emerging? Tell me. Um, 7 00:00:12.905 --> 00:00:13.905 So it was good. I've made 8 00:00:13.905 --> 00:00:14.805 some great relationships. 9 00:00:14.825 --> 00:00:18.085 So usually at these conferences the best part is the other 10 00:00:18.085 --> 00:00:20.725 people you meet and so I've learned a lot of things 11 00:00:20.725 --> 00:00:22.605 that I thought I was a know-it-all, but you come here 12 00:00:22.605 --> 00:00:24.325 and you're like, oh, I didn't know SBA 13 00:00:24.325 --> 00:00:25.445 loans can do that or this. 14 00:00:25.785 --> 00:00:27.205 So it's been really good. It's 15 00:00:27.205 --> 00:00:28.325 Nice to get a little levelheaded. 16 00:00:28.325 --> 00:00:30.285 Yeah, levelheaded on it. What did you learn? 17 00:00:30.905 --> 00:00:35.005 Um, I just learned a lot about, uh, the SBA Express loan. 18 00:00:35.285 --> 00:00:36.765 I think that was a big takeaway today. 19 00:00:36.965 --> 00:00:40.885 I met some great contacts, actually I live here in Las Vegas 20 00:00:41.025 --> 00:00:42.765 and I met other people that live here too. 21 00:00:42.765 --> 00:00:44.845 And then I met people from all over New York, 22 00:00:44.855 --> 00:00:46.285 other countries, so it's good. 23 00:00:46.345 --> 00:00:48.045 But tell me more about Emerge Lending 24 00:00:48.065 --> 00:00:49.765 and how you fit into the B2B space. 25 00:00:49.985 --> 00:00:51.885 So, I mostly do SBA advisory work. 26 00:00:51.885 --> 00:00:54.645 I've been in lending for 26 years, since I was four, uh, 27 00:00:54.645 --> 00:00:55.965 no since I was 20 mm-hmm. 28 00:00:56.045 --> 00:00:58.485 So I'm 46 now. So I've been in lending for 26 years. 29 00:00:58.715 --> 00:01:00.045 Residential mortgage broker. 30 00:01:00.225 --> 00:01:02.525 Got into real estate, got into commercial lending, 31 00:01:02.945 --> 00:01:03.965 and then about eight years ago, 32 00:01:03.965 --> 00:01:06.325 got into SBA lending and I've studied it. 33 00:01:06.465 --> 00:01:08.565 I'm pretty good at it. And, uh, a lot of people 34 00:01:09.465 --> 00:01:11.765 on the broker side don't know how to maneuver the, the banks 35 00:01:11.785 --> 00:01:13.325 and the non-bank, SBA lenders. 36 00:01:13.325 --> 00:01:14.365 I do a very good job of it. 37 00:01:14.465 --> 00:01:16.405 And then obviously when I come here, 38 00:01:16.405 --> 00:01:17.925 you learn more about the MCA space 39 00:01:18.165 --> 00:01:22.285 'cause we can refinance MCA so great opportunities. 40 00:01:22.865 --> 00:01:24.605 That's what we bring people together for. 41 00:01:24.785 --> 00:01:26.365 And how, who's your end user? 42 00:01:27.265 --> 00:01:28.965 My end user. Uh, I deal 43 00:01:28.965 --> 00:01:30.405 with anybody that wants to buy a business. 44 00:01:31.025 --> 00:01:33.645 So I, I work with aspiring business owners 45 00:01:33.865 --> 00:01:37.245 and I help them buy, expand, grow their business. 46 00:01:37.555 --> 00:01:39.165 It's a great thing. I also have another company, 47 00:01:39.225 --> 00:01:41.045 we help people buy franchises. 48 00:01:41.105 --> 00:01:42.245 So everybody 49 00:01:42.245 --> 00:01:44.525 that buys a franchise needs equipment financing. 50 00:01:44.755 --> 00:01:48.685 They need SBA loans. So I do both. So merge is very well. 51 00:01:49.505 --> 00:01:51.885 We love that. And how's the, how do you project the rest 52 00:01:51.885 --> 00:01:52.965 of the year going for you? 53 00:01:53.545 --> 00:01:54.885 Uh, great. It's a great year. 54 00:01:55.245 --> 00:01:59.805 I, I have a podcast and my calendar stays completely full. 55 00:02:00.265 --> 00:02:01.805 What's the podcast? It's 56 00:02:01.805 --> 00:02:03.325 called Investor Financing Podcast. 57 00:02:03.995 --> 00:02:05.205 I've been doing it for about four years. 58 00:02:05.745 --> 00:02:07.045 And, and where can we find it? Go 59 00:02:07.045 --> 00:02:08.045 To YouTube. 60 00:02:08.305 --> 00:02:09.525 What's the biggest search engine? 61 00:02:09.585 --> 00:02:10.965 Uh, search engine in the world. 62 00:02:11.465 --> 00:02:13.925 Google. Uh, what's the second? 63 00:02:14.875 --> 00:02:16.365 YouTube. Who Owns YouTube? 64 00:02:16.705 --> 00:02:19.205 Google. Why do you, who's interviewing you? 65 00:02:19.505 --> 00:02:21.285 Why do you think I'm on YouTube? 66 00:02:21.965 --> 00:02:24.645 I get found in search every day, so don't tell anybody. 67 00:02:25.795 --> 00:02:27.005 Well, we wanna find your podcast 68 00:02:27.145 --> 00:02:28.245 so we can listen to it. So 69 00:02:28.245 --> 00:02:29.485 Go to investor financing. 70 00:02:30.165 --> 00:02:31.205 Actually, if you just go to Investor 71 00:02:31.205 --> 00:02:32.925 Financing tv, you can find it. 72 00:02:33.445 --> 00:02:36.725 I talk about financing and I talk about buying businesses. 73 00:02:37.155 --> 00:02:38.845 Fantastic. We'll have to look that up. 74 00:02:39.185 --> 00:02:40.885 So thanks for spending some time with me. 75 00:02:40.985 --> 00:02:43.285 And there's still more to come at the Finance expo.