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AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs204: Inside the Billion-Dollar SBA Lending Journey of Ami KassarIn this week’s edition of the AmiSights Podcast, the MultiFunding team discusses the company’s journey to nearly $1 billion in secured funding. While Ami is proud of this incredible financial milestone, he is even more inspired by the impact it’s had—helping small businesses grow and supporting the people behind them.I'm proud of everyone here, and thank you for everything you all do to help us reach this milestone. We've been through a lot of sweat and tears, and we've helped a lot of people through a lot of different stuff to get there. About 95...
2025-06-1731 min
OTSS PodcastAmi Kassar on “Only The Strong Survive”Ami Kassar wears many hats as a columnist for 21 Hats, a former advisor to the White House, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve, and the author of “The Growth Dilemma.” He is also the founder and CEO of MultiFunding LLC, a consulting firm that helps entrepreneurs find smart and strategic funding to help grow and finance their businesses. Founded to give counsel to businesses on finding the best loan options transparently, MultiFunding has secured over $1 billion in loans.With over two decades of experience in business finance and an entrepreneur himself, Kassar is an expert in both...
2025-05-2239 min
The Proven EntrepreneurFrom $0 to $1 Billion: Ami Kassar's Entrepreneurial JourneyWelcome, listeners! We're thrilled to have you join us for another inspiring episode of the Proven Entrepreneur Show. In today's episode, host Don Williams sits down with the remarkable Ami Kassar, founder and CEO of MultiFunding. Get ready to dive into an engaging conversation that explores the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, the intricacies of business funding, and the resilience required to build a billion-dollar company.In this episode, Ami Kassar shares his incredible journey from starting MultiFunding 15 years ago to achieving the milestone of $1 billion in business funding. You'll hear about the challenges...
2025-05-0519 min
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs#200: The Kassar Brothers: A Legacy of EntrepreneurshipIn this special 200th episode of AmiSights, we mix things up—Ami interviews his brother Barak, and Barak interviews Ami. The two dive into their entrepreneurial journeys, shaped by their immigrant background, and explore how risk tolerance plays a role in both business and life. They discuss recent SBA rule changes that impact immigrant entrepreneurs and reflect on the importance of understanding different risk profiles in relationships, both personal and professional.“We saw a lot of people coming to this country, and not all of them, but many of them, taking on different entrepreneurial journeys. We watched them sweat it o...
2025-04-2231 min
The Business of Meetings255: 2025 Business Deals: What Buyers and Sellers Need to Know with Ami Kassar The Business of Meetings – Episode 255 - 2025 Business Deals: What Buyers and Sellers Need to Know with Ami Kassar We are delighted to welcome Ami Kassar, the founder and CEO of MultiFunding, as our guest today. Ami is a member of the EO and the president of the EO Philadelphia chapter, and he brings a wealth of expertise and experience. With the shift in administration, most business owners are curious about the future of mergers and acquisitions for small businesses. Some owners are considering selling, while others are looking to buy. Ami is here to shed lig...
2025-01-2826 min
Smart Business Revolution | Turn Relationships into Revenues | Networking | More Clients | Relationship AdviceHow To Survive and Thrive in Financial Crises With Ami KassarAmi Kassar is the Founder and CEO of MultiFunding LLC, a financial consulting firm dedicated to helping businesses secure creative funding solutions. With a career spanning the dot-com era to the 2008 financial crisis, he has transformed challenges into opportunities, building a resilient company that thrives in helping others. Ami is the author of The Growth Dilemma, host of the AmiSights Podcast, and an active speaker, contributing to entrepreneurial communities like EO, Vistage, and YPO. His expertise has been sought by organizations like the White House, Federal Reserve Bank, and Treasury Department, and his insights are regularly featured in leading...
2025-01-2439 min
Buying Online Businesses PodcastAcquiring Finance To Buy An Online Business with Federal Reserve Bank Advisor Ami KassarWhat if acquiring the finance to buy an online business was easier than expected? What if it turned out that you didn’t need as much upfront capital as you thought? In this episode, Jaryd Krause explores these questions with Ami Kassar. Ami Kassar is the founder and CEO of MultiFunding, a Philadelphia-based consulting firm specializing in helping business owners across the U.S. find creative, cost-saving financing alternatives. With over 20 years of experience, Ami is a thought leader in the field, frequently advising major institutions like the Federal Reserve Bank, the White House, and Congress. He is...
2024-12-1137 min
Grab Your KeysFrom Corporate Crisis to CEO: With Ami KassarAmi Kassar, founder and CEO of MultiFunding, is an expert in small business financing, helping entrepreneurs secure the funding they need and navigate the challenges of business growth. Join us for a chat with Ami, where we’ll learn his keys to achieving business success and financial resilience!
2024-11-0826 min
The Jeff Crilley ShowAmi Kassar, Founder & CEO of Multifunding | The Jeff Crilley ShowI love to read books about history and successful business owners. Almost every one of them had one of those moments where they were so close to bankruptcy that they couldn't pay their bills, and then a bank saved them. But my next guest says that if you have a traditional banking relationship, you could be leaving money on the table. Ami Kassar is in the studio. He's the founder and CEO of Multifunding.
2024-11-0614 min
21 Hats PodcastDashboard: The Real Problem with EIDL MoneyThis week, Ami Kassar, founder and CEO of MultiFunding, explains how it’s almost as if these past few years we’ve run a grand experiment to see what would happen if the government gave lots of business owners more money than they knew what to do with. In many cases, the businesses got far bigger Covid loans than they could have hoped to borrow conventionally, and they got them without having to go through the standard application process. In other words, they got the money without having to develop a plan for how they would spend it. “This is not go...
2024-09-3015 min
Fail Your Way to Success27. Why Failure Means You're Not Adapting with Ami KassarAmi Kassar once had a big, fat corporate job. Corporate suites at sporting events and a sweet, comfortable life.Then that company went under.While, as a nationally renowned expert on access to capital for entrepreneurs, he advises people to take time to figure out their next move, he instead started his new business the day after he was fired.What started with a revenue of $13,000 a year has now turned into MultiFunding, a company that works with entrepreneurs with revenue between one and $20...
2024-05-2724 min
INspired INsider PodcastStrategically Navigating Business Financing Complexities With Ami KassarAmi Kassar is the Founder and CEO of MultiFunding, a company helping businesses achieve their growth goals through creative and personalized funding solutions. He authored The Growth Dilemma, is a regular contributor on the current state of the financing market through his weekly articles in Inc., and has provided valuable advice to the White House, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the US Treasury Department. Ami has been interviewed by numerous national publications, including The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, and Forbes. In this episode… In a dynamic business landscape where fi...
2024-05-2242 min
Founders' ForumUnveiling the Essence of Entrepreneurial Finance: Ami Kassar and Lynn Ozer on Navigating Challenges and Cultivating CultureStrap in for a whirlwind tour of entrepreneurial finance with special guests Ami Kassar and Lynn Ozer from MultiFunding. We're peeling back the layers of the economy, finding the hidden truths behind the data, and grappling with the real-world problems entrepreneurs face from supply chain nightmares to pandemic aftershocks. It's not all about the numbers; listen and learn as we dissect the resilience of retail over the holidays and the seemingly insatiable appetite for discretionary spending that defies the odds.But it's not just the economy we're unpacking. Dive into the heart of what makes MultiFunding tick—a...
2024-04-0327 min
Create The Next From ProCFO PartnersBeyond the Bank: Alternative Funding & Strategic FinancingNavigating business financing sometimes introduces us to lesser-known paths, highlighting the limitations of conventional banking and the need for more creative solutions. In this episode, we explore securing appropriate funding for your business, including financial options beyond local banks or other "typical" lending options. Nelson Tepfer, CEO and Co-Founder at ProCFO Partners, and Ami Kassar, CEO and Founder at MultiFunding, join us to discuss the internal and external hurdles businesses encounter when seeking funds, from the critical necessity of precise reporting to the frequently overlooked alternative financing solutions that could be pivotal in promoting growth and opportunity. We discuss m...
2024-03-2620 min
Rising Entrepreneurs Podcast[EO Philadelphia] Strategically Navigating Business Financing Complexities With Ami KassarAmi Kassar is the Founder and CEO of MultiFunding, a company that helps businesses achieve their growth goals through creative and personalized funding solutions. By leveraging its relationships with hundreds of lenders, the team at MultiFunding finds the best loan options to fit your specific business needs and scale your brand. Ami, a prominent figure in the business finance industry, has established himself as a thought leader over the course of 20 years. He is the author of The Growth Dilemma and a regular contributor to EO and YPO and also shares his expertise on the current state...
2024-02-0142 min21 Hats PodcastDashboard: Getting Past the FearThis week, Ami Kassar tells Loren Feldman that in running MultiFunding, which helps businesses figure out their finance needs, he frequently meets business owners who know what they need to do but are reluctant to take that next step. One way to build your confidence, Ami says, is to make sure you really understand what drives your business model, which may require bringing in a fresh set of eyes, perhaps from a fractional CFO. Ami also talks about the current state of lending, his concerns about where the SBA is headed, and why business owner peer groups are so valuable.
2023-06-0522 min21 Hats PodcastDashboard: Getting an SBA Loan With No Down PaymentThis week, 21 Hats columnist and finance expert Ami Kassar assesses the state of small business lending with Loren Feldman. Among other things, they discuss why it’s important to manage your EIDL loan carefully, how much of a line of credit every business should have, how to get a zero-percent-down loan from the SBA, and how much progress Ami has made toward firing himself.
2023-01-3019 min
The Impactful Leadership ShowHonest Leadership - Ami Kassar - The Impactful Leadership Show - Episode # 038Today’s guest is an entrepreneur, author, podcaster, speaker, and trusted advisor. He has been featured in The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, and Forbes. Ami Kassar is the Founder and CEO of MultiFunding, the host of the weekly “AmiSights” podcast, and the author of The Growth Dilemma. Ami discusses why honesty is essential in leadership, how leaders can start honest conversations, and best practices for entrepreneurs seeking funding.
Takeaways:
Real leaders are vulnerable, honest, and unafraid to expose their weaknesses. They will tell their team the good and the bad...
2022-11-0734 min
Creating The Greatest ShowRecognizing A Great Episode - Ami Kassar - Creating The Greatest Show - Episode # 010Knowing when you have a good guest or bad guest is key when creating a podcast epsiode. Sometimes you have to make the decision to either post it or not. Here to teach you how to find the right guest for your episode is Ami Kassar, Chief Executive Officer at MultiFunding LLC and Host of Amisights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs. Ami gives advice on what to do if your podcast episode is boring to you and your audience. Tune in to this educational episode! There's so much to learn from this one!
2022-10-2739 min
Conversations at The EdgeAmi Kassar -Making the right investment decisions for your companyAs entrepreneurs, we have the opportunity to ask ourselves what do we want to be when we grow up and how quickly do we want to get there? 10x scaling might not be for everyone and that’s OK. All future decisions regarding funding and growth will all stem from this foundation. Join Ami Kassar as he talks you through what comes next, helping bring your financial decision-making, both big and small investments, into the logical, helping leaders arrive at the right balance for each unique business plan.
2022-06-1021 min21 Hats PodcastFire Your Franchise ConsultantAs listeners to this podcast know, Dana White has a remarkable array of opportunities before her, including company-owned hair salons, franchised salons, salons on military bases, hair products, and POS software. But especially since the pandemic, she has struggled to get traction. This week, in episode 111, special guest Ami Kassar, an expert in small business finance, guides Dana through a discussion of how she might prioritize those opportunities and get them financed. Ami and Dana consider such questions as: What should she do first? Should she continue to pursue franchising, where she’s already sunk a lot of money? Or sh...
2022-06-0739 min
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs64: Empowering Teens and Tweens to Thrive with Dorian Wiederholt KassarOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Dorian Wiederholt Kassar, teacher and coach, about his new coaching business and what made him start it.
Dorian is a business owner, teacher, and coach. Since 2017, he has worked with over 4,000 teens and tweens sharing the principles and practices of mental health, connection, and authenticity. Dorian has trained with incredible mentors in the fields of coaching, martial arts, social-emotional learning, mindfulness, and healing. Through them, he learned the paths of peace, joy, connection, power, and abundance.
Dorian leads workshops and gives presentations at many schools in the San Francisco...
2022-05-1018 min
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2022-02-1458 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs51: Managing a Speaking Bureau During the Pandemic with Gail DavisOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Gail Davis, founder and president of GDA Speakers, about managing a speaking bureau during the pandemic and what she learned.
Gail Davis’ decades of experience in corporate marketing and event management served as the launchpad for GDA Speakers. Before establishing the company in 1999, she spent 20 years managing the events of the Dallas-based global technology conglomerate─Electronic Data Systems (EDS)─founded by Ross Perot. While at EDS she discovered Nando Parrado, a heroic survivor of the 1972 Andes plane crash. Parrado presented an unforgettable speech at EDS’ marquee event.
Shortly after his succ...
2022-02-0824 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs50: Daniel Marcos Helps Leaders Scale Smarter, Without DramaOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Daniel Marcos, co-founder and CEO of Growth Institute, on the evolving platform for virtual learning for entrepreneurs, what has changed and where does he see it going?
Daniel is the co-founder and CEO of Growth Institute, the leading online executive education company for C-level executives at fast-growing firms. He is a keynote speaker and a CEO Coach, with a mission to help 1 million entrepreneurs scale their impact and reduce drama in the process.
He is a member of YPO and EO and is a certified coach in the Scaling...
2022-02-0117 min
Top 3Episode 26: Ami KassarThis week Marcia is joined by Ami Kassar, CEO of MultiFunding LLC. Ami started his company in 2010 to help people through the process of getting business loans at the lowest possible rate. He shares the importance of finding the balancing act and understanding how fast you are going to grow.
2022-01-2637 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs49: Make Your Leadership Team More Disciplined, Focused and Successful with Herb CoglianoOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Herb Cogliano, International Business Growth Advisor & Certified Scaling Up Coach, discussing how companies remain flexible during these uncertain times, examples of companies that have done well through the pandemic as well as companies that have done poorly.
Herb Cogliano spearheads his own advisory practice based on the award-winning books Scaling Up and the Rockefeller Habits. As an international business growth advisor and experienced CEO Scaling Up practitioner, he has learned firsthand what it takes to overcome many business challenges. Herb is pursuing his passion of working with leaders of growth companies t...
2022-01-2522 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs48: Versatile and Highly Customizable Technology Solutions with Deborah Moses EltonOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Deborah Moses Elton, CEO of VerisVisalign, on how digital transformation evolved over the pandemic, and how it impacts businesses of all shapes and sizes.
Deborah is the CEO of VerisVisalign. The local IT services company is a long-term Microsoft Partner, specializing in Microsoft technologies and process optimization. The company is a certified woman-owned enterprise, with certifications from PA, MD, DE (WBE), the Federal government (WOSB), and the National Council of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). She attended Montgomery County Community College (Pennsylvania) and Temple University, and has furthered her career with certifications...
2022-01-1821 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs47: The Great Game of Business with Rich ArmstrongOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Rich Armstrong, President at The Great Game of Business, discussing some of the most exciting transformations he has seen when companies have used the Great Game of Business.
Rich Armstrong has thirty years of experience in improving business performance and employee engagement through open-book management and employee ownership, with service as a business coach and as a current executive at SRC Holdings Corporation, a thirty-seven-year old employee-owned company and one of the United States’ top one hundred largest majority employee-owned companies. Rich has been instrumental in the ongoing development of SRC Hol...
2022-01-1117 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs46: Justin Rosenberg: One Restauranteurs Story Through the PandemicOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Justin Rosenberg, founder and CEO of honeygrow, on lessons learned from managing a chain of restaurants during the pandemic.
Justin is the Founder and CEO of honeygrow, a fast-casual stir-fry and salad concept founded in Philadelphia in 2012. With a mission to create a unique, spirited brand focused on simple, wholesome foods, Rosenberg has led the company's creation and growth, which will consist of 26 units by year end.
Prior to launching honeygrow, Rosenberg worked as an Asset Manager and Manager of Energy Services for PREIT in Philadelphia, where he was r...
2022-01-0414 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs45: Learn How To Launch a Bestselling Book with Anna DavidOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Anna David, the New York Times bestselling author of two novels and six non-fiction books, on if someone wants to write a book, why should they do it and what should they do next?
Anna David is the New York Times bestselling author of two novels and six non-fiction books. She’s been published in the New York Times, Time, LA Times, Vanity Fair, Playboy, Vice, Cosmo, The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed and Salon, among many others, written about in Forbes, Martha Stewart Living, Entrepreneur, Allure, and Women’s Health and has appea...
2021-12-2127 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs44: Everything You Need To Know About Podcasting with Chris KrimitsosOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Chris Krimitsos, Chief Creative Officer at Podfest Multimedia Expo, on everything our listeners need to know about podcasting - and more!
Chris holds the Guinness World Records™ title for the largest attendance for a virtual podcasting conference in one week, and is a leading expert on podcasting and on-demand audio. His international conference, PodFest, is the longest-running continuous in-person podcasting event in the world and attracts thousands of attendees from over 50 countries each year. Running parallel with that event, Chris also successfully birthed VidFest, as part of his efforts to build the...
2021-12-1419 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs43: Small Business Help From SCORE with Bridget WestonOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Bridget Weston, CEO of the SCORE Association, about SCORE: How can people sign up to mentor, how people can find help, and how mentoring and SCORE have changed as a result of the pandemic.
Bridget is the CEO of the SCORE Association, which provides free mentoring and education to current and aspiring small business owners through its network of 10,000 volunteers. A respected thought leader in the small business landscape, Ms. Weston has testified before the House Small Business Committee and appeared on MSNBC. Ms. Weston earned her MBA from Temple University...
2021-12-0717 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs42: Transform Your People, Your Business, and You Life with Steve BakerOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Steve Baker, Vice President of The Great Game of Business, Inc., to discuss the Great Game of Business: What it is and how it works.
Steve co-authored Get in the Game as well as the update of the number one bestseller, The Great Game of Business—20th Anniversary Edition. Known for his engaging and irreverent style, Steve is a top-rated, sought-after speaker and coach on open-book management, strategy and execution, leadership, and employee engagement.
His audiences range from Harvard University to the Department of Defense, and he is a regula...
2021-11-3020 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs41: More Than Just "Hire A Bookkeeper"— Hire An Entire Accounting Department, with Dennis NajjarOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Dennis Najjar, co-founder of AccountingDepartment.com, to discuss how a business owner knows when they have the right level of accounting and bookkeeping support.
As one of the two founding masterminds behind AccountingDepartment.com, Dennis Najjar, CPA, CGMA took his extensive expertise in public accounting and his process-driven approach to problem solving and transformed it into AccountingDepartment.com. Throughout his career, Dennis has worked exclusively with small, medium, and start-up businesses, giving him the knowledge and experience to oversee the AccountingDepartment.com team in helping clients with strategic business planning for f...
2021-11-2331 min
Ask JBHAsk JBH #34: Ami KassarAmi Kassar, founder and CEO of MultiFunding and author of The Growth Dilemma, has earned a national reputation as a thought leader in business finance.
An in-demand speaker and trusted advisor to growth-focused business leaders, Ami has helped thousands of business owners achieve ambitious growth goals through creative and personalized funding solutions. His work has helped create tens of thousands of jobs.
For more than 20 years, Ami has challenged executives to think differently about how they capitalize growth. Regularly featured in national media including The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur...
2021-11-2248 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs40: Where the Public and Private Sectors Meet, with Rhett ButtleOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Rhett Buttle, Founder of Public Private Strategies, on the Biden Administrations' small business agenda: How things are going and what's next?
Rhett Buttle is the Founder of Public Private Strategies (PPS). PPS creates opportunities where the public and private sectors meet bringing together diverse allies including foundations, associations, corporations, small businesses, and entrepreneurs to solve pressing societal challenges. By harnessing the power of the private sector, PPS build coalitions, activate campaigns, and create strategic partnerships to drive desired policy and market outcomes. Rhett is also a Senior Fellow at The Aspen In...
2021-11-1632 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs39: Eric Weaver on Supporting Small Businesses & Advancing JusticeOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Eric Weaver, Senior Advisor to City First Enterprises, the Aspen Institute’s Business Ownership Initiative, Community Capital Advisors, and Accion Opportunity Fund, on assess to capital to the underserved: what's going on and what's changing.
Eric brings over three decades of experience in community economic development and community development finance. After graduating from Harvard University, he began his career as a relief worker in El Salvador, bringing aid to internally displaced refugees during the civil war there in the 1980s. He then worked as a community organizer and project manager at an...
2021-11-0922 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs38: Grow your Business with Dedicated Offshore Talent, with David NilssenOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews David Nilssen, CEO of Doxa7, about his new company and why global outsourcing is important.
David is the CEO of Doxa7, which helps businesses build and scale up high-performing, global teams. In 2007, the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) named him the National Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and his businesses have been recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work” seven times. They have also been included on many Inc 5000 lists, including the Inc 500 in 2008.
As an investor, David has provided funding to companies in neuropharma, online travel...
2021-11-0224 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs37: Bringing Buyers and Sellers Together, with Andy CagnettaOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Andy Cagnetta, CEO of Transworld Business Advisors, on what's going on in the mergers and acquisitions market as well as tips and tricks for buyers and sellers.
Andy came down to Florida in 1995. While looking to buy a business, he encountered a company named Transworld Business Brokers. He continued his search for a business but was offered a position at Transworld as an agent. He joined the company and quickly became one of South Florida’s top performers.
Now over 40 years old, Transworld Business Advisors is the number one bu...
2021-10-2624 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs36: An Alternative Path to Growing Lasting, Private Companies with Dave WhortonOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Dave Whorton, founder of the Tugboat Institute®, to discuss some of the observations, decision-making patterns, and business lessons learned coming out of the pandemic.
Dave founded Tugboat Institute® in 2013 to connect, support, and inspire purpose driven leaders of Evergreen® businesses. Dave is responsible for all aspects of Tugboat Institute including setting the long-term strategy, curating the experiences, and developing relevant programming for Tugboat Institute along with championing and celebrating the importance of Evergreen companies. Dave believes Evergreen leaders and their businesses are simply capitalism at its best.
Prior to foun...
2021-10-1924 min
Outside InsightsSit Down with Ami KassarSend us a textThere is one truth for all entrepreneurs – success depends on who you have in your corner.There are the well-known characters: your co-pilots in business, dedicated team, and cheerleaders at home who make up your personal army.Then, there are the characters who get less fanfare but whose role isn’t any less critical: the vendors that you partner with.In this week’s Outside Insights podcast, I had the absolute pleasure of talking with Ami Kassar, founder and CEO of MultiFunding and trusted advisor to growth-focused busine...
2021-10-1544 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs35: Win with Walmart, with Jeff ClapperOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Jeff Clapper, President & Owner of 8th & Walton, on everything that’s changed with Walmart in the last year.
Jeff is the President & Owner of 8th & Walton and enjoys leading the company's mission to educate suppliers on becoming better partners with Walmart. His retail career began in magazine publishing, as the Newsstand Sales Director for Pack-O-Fun, Inc, a 55-year-old publisher of six consumer crafting magazines, calling on key national retail accounts including Walmart. He later led the business as Publisher and independently brokered its sale to Amos Press, Inc. in 2006. In 2007, Jeff la...
2021-10-1217 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs34: Cultivate Business Growth Through Personal Growth with Robert ClinkenbeardOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Robert Clinkenbeard, CEO of The Radix Group, about the Radix Group & Scaling up: what it is, how it works, and how he helps businesses and people with it.
Robert co-founded one of the largest landscape companies (ILM) in the South West Region of the United States back in 2001. The company grew to 350+ employees with 5 branches and revenue of more than $20MM. The company had a very successful exit back in 2016. Robert is now CEO of The Radix Group, which has offices in Greenville, Phoenix, and the UK. The Radix Group specializes i...
2021-10-0523 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs33: Double and Triple-Digit Growth in Profitability, with Karie KaufmannOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Karie Kaufmann, Business & Executive Coach and Scaling Up Strategic Planning Facilitator, about Scaling Up, what it is, how it works, and how she helps businesses and people with it.
Karie is a master coach and facilitator, having coached over 1,000 high growth companies since 2005. Her clients have achieved double and triple-digit growth in profitability, accomplished through implementation of the Scaling Up framework and Rockefeller Habits. She helps business leaders work through roadblocks and growing pains, build amazing teams, and enable sustainable growth… all while enjoying the ride.
She is an int...
2021-09-2820 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs32: Build a Brand That Creates Irrational Loyalty with Deb GaborOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Deb Gabor, Founder and CEO of Sol Marketing, on branding in this current world - best cases and worst cases of company responses to the pandemic.
“Leading Expert" doesn't come close to describing Deb Gabor's passion for brands. More accurate? Brand Guru. Brand Impresario. Brand Evangelist. She's written the book on branding (twice!) with bestsellers Branding is Sex and Irrational Loyalty. She's the founder and CEO of Sol Marketing, a strategy-led marketing firm obsessed with solving major business and branding problems for clients in every industry. Companies throughout the world use Deb...
2021-09-2128 min
Building Better BusinessesUnderstanding What You Are Doing And Why When FinancingAmi Kassar, founder and CEO of, MultiFunding and author of, The Growth Dilemma, has earned a national reputation as a thought leader in business finance. An in-demand speaker and trusted advisor to growth-focused business leaders, Ami has helped thousands of business owners achieve ambitious growth goals through creative and personalized funding solutions. His work has helped create tens of thousands of jobs.For more than 20 years, Ami has challenged executives to think differently about how they capitalize growth. Regularly featured in national media including The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal...
2021-09-2118 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs31: LinkedIn Marketing with Colleen McKennaOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Colleen McKenna, Founder and CEO of Intero Advisory, on how LinkedIn marketing and hiring have changed and how business owners should be taking advantage of it.
Colleen launched Intero Advisory for individuals and companies focused on increasing their sales and talent initiatives. Since 2011 Intero Advisory, a LinkedIn consulting, coaching and training firm has been engaged by more than 600 companies who have increased their presence, revenue, and hiring opportunities applying Colleen’s insight, strategy, and techniques and to tens of thousands of business professionals.
Her membership site, blog, and podcast re...
2021-09-1418 min
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs30: Become a Transformational Storyteller with Mikki WilliamsOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Mikki Williams, Hall of Fame Keynote Speaker, TED Speaker, Storyteller, Executive Speech Coach, and Vistage Master Chair, about how presenting online is different from presenting in person and how she teaches these skills.
Mikki Williams is a CSP, certified speaking professional, a member of the prestigious Speaker Hall of Fame, and a TEDx speaker. A global celebrity speaker and transformational storyteller, she was chosen as one of the best speakers in the country by Meetings and Convention Magazine along with Tony Robbins, Bill Gates, and Lou Holtz.
Mikki is a...
2021-09-0718 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs29: The Philosophy of Frientorship® with Claudia WilliamsOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Claudia Williams, Chief Frientorship® Officer, Executive Coach & Leadership Mentor, Speaker & Workplace Trainer, and Author about her philosophy of Frientorship, how it works, and how it evolved during the pandemic.
Claudia improves the lives of leaders and their teams so they can thrive together to deliver superior business results and lead fulfilling lives. In her role as a Vistage Chair, she increases the effectiveness and enhances the lives of CEOs, key executives, and those they influence and impact, including their teams, customers, and clients. Claudia brings together a select, non-competitive group of CE...
2021-08-3117 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs28: Helping CEOs and Businesses Tell Extraordinary Stories with Steve DobbinsOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Steve Dobbins, Founder and CEO of The Dobbins Group, on how marketing has changed and evolved throughout the pandemic.
Steve is a seasoned marketing and communications pro, with a passion for compelling content, brand building, audience engagement, purpose-driven business, and growing dream teams. For more than 20 years, Steve has worked side-by-side with CEOs, helping them grow their brands and blow through their goals. His areas of expertise include content strategy, digital media, social media, event marketing, visual branding, experience design, media relations, product development, and global marketing.
Clients have...
2021-08-1717 min
The Business of MeetingsFind Your Financing Comfort Zone with Ami KassarWelcome to another episode of The Business of Meetings Podcast! We are delighted to have Ami Kassar joining us today! Ami is a knowledgeable finance expert. He is the Founder and CEO of MultiFunding, and he has also written a book called The Growth Dilemma: Determining Your Entrepreneurial Type to Find Your Financing Comfort Zone. In this episode, Ami shares his insights on the various aspects of buying and financing a business. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Ami Kassar! Ami Kassar’s short bio Ami Kassar, the Founder, and CEO...
2021-08-1030 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs27: Small Business Success Delivered Daily with Anita CampbellOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Anita Campbell, Founder and CEO of SmallBizTrends.com, on challenges small businesses have had in her community during the pandemic and how they're coming out of it.
Anita is the Founder and CEO of Small Business Trends LLC. She bootstrapped the company from a nascent idea. Previously she was a General Counsel and CEO of a technology subsidiary of Bell & Howell. She founded this site in 2003 and was named one of the 30 Small Business IT Influencers to Follow in 2020 by BizTech Magazine.
Small Business Trends is an award-winning hub...
2021-08-0319 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs26: Create The Life You Deserve with Megan BruneauOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Megan Bruneau, M.A., therapist, executive coach, writer, speaker, and podcast host about emotional issues and mental health among entrepreneurs coming out of the pandemic.
Megan has a master of arts in counseling psychology and a bachelor of arts in psychology and social work. With 12+ years experience providing crisis support, therapy, and coaching, she’s a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC #6420) in the province of British Columbia and sees clients globally as a coach. By sharing her personal experiences alongside her professional expertise, Megan seeks to change the way people relate to the...
2021-07-2724 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs25: Turning An Idea into a Nonprofit with Megha KulshreshthaOn today's episode, Ami Kassar sits down with Megha Kulshreshtha to learn all about her nonprofit, Food Connect!
Megha is the Founder and Executive Director of Food Connect, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bridging the gap between surplus food and hunger through collaboration and technology. Food Connect has helped distribute over 3 million on-demand meals through their last mile transport and logistics support in the hunger relief space. Megha has over 10 years of experience in data, technology, and process solutions. She started her career in Finance as a Data Analyst and then as a Portfolio Analyst for US...
2021-07-2017 min
The Deal BoardHow to Find the Best Financing Incentive Options for Your BusinessAndy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board where they are talking about their favorite topic: Money! They will dive in today about how to get money coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. As always, they are accompanied by experts who share their views and advice. Ami Kassar founder and CEO of MultiFunding and author of The Growth Dilemma, has earned a national reputation as a thought leader in business finance. Ami shares in today’s episode about the process of seeking the perfect fit for a financing deal. John Chaffee is a business broker in...
2021-07-1453 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs24: An Opportunity to Reinvent Yourself and Your Businesses Future with David AndersonOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews David Anderson, CEO of Off Madison Ave, Founder of LighthousePE, Global Board Chair of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), Author, Speaker, and Executive Coach, on what he learned leading EO through the pandemic and his positive outlook on this rare opportunity.
David is an experienced entrepreneur whose leadership path has taken him from president of his college fraternity to the White House. Along the way, David has seen leadership at the highest levels and the lowest. He has experienced success, but also failure. Having learned from many successes and the hard knocks of bu...
2021-07-1321 min
The Deal BoardHow to Find the Best Financing Incentive Options for Your BusinessAndy and Jessica welcome you to another episode of The Deal Board where they are talking about their favorite topic: Money! They will dive in today about how to get money coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. As always, they are accompanied by experts who share their views and advice. Ami Kassar founder and CEO of MultiFunding and author of The Growth Dilemma, has earned a national reputation as a thought leader in business finance. Ami shares in today’s episode about the process of seeking the perfect fit for a financing deal. John Chaffee is a business broker in...
2021-07-0753 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs23: Lessons Learned from the ARA President during the Pandemic, Beth Hoff BlackmerOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Beth Hoff Blackmer, Owner and President of Aspen Rent-All, Inc. on lessons learned as president of the ARA through the pandemic.
Her father decided to sell the business in 1999 after his manager became ill. With urging from some family friends, Beth decided to step into the business in August of 1999 with absolutely no background in the rental industry. Taking a big step into the great unknown, she purchased the business from her father in January of 2000. Thankfully in the fall of 1999, she attended a regional ARA event as well as the...
2021-07-0619 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs22: Attracting and Retaining Top Talent with Kathleen Quinn VotawOn this episode, Ami Kassar interviews Kathleen Quinn Votaw, Founder and CEO of TalenTrust on how businesses need to be rethinking their people strategies as we get back to the "new normal".
Kathleen is the Founder and CEO of TalenTrust, a strategic recruiting and human capital consulting firm that has helped companies nationwide address immediate needs and drive long-term growth since 2003. She is the author of Solve the People Puzzle and a regularly published columnist and popular speaker on topics related to HR strategies and workplace culture.
Kathleen has overcome a multitude of personal and bus...
2021-06-2920 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs21: How Companies are Repivoting with Scaling Up Business Coach, Bill GallagherOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Bill Gallagher, Scaling Up Business Coach and Podcast Host, on how companies are repivoting.
Bill is a business coach and master facilitator with over 30 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience. Bill has spent the last 15 years coaching and training others in leadership and performance and previously led 4 companies of his own and been a partner or executive in 2 others. Bill discovered the Rockefeller Habits and Scaling Up 20 years ago, has used them in his own companies.
Today, Bill coaches leaders and teams across more than 25 cities in 11 countries and th...
2021-06-2219 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs20: Greg Crabtree, a CPA Who Puts Consulting FirstOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Greg Crabtree, Partner at Carr, Riggs & Ingram, on how he helps companies manage their books, and what's different about his unique approach.
Greg Crabtree has over 40 years of in-depth experience, not only as a CPA, but also as a speaker, author, entrepreneur and financial expert. He is known for working with his clients on cash flow planning, business consultations, strategic planning facilitation, success planning, and transaction advisory services. Greg’s firm, Crabtree, Rowe & Berger, recently merged with Carr, Rigs, and Ingram, where he is now Partner in Charge. The CPA firm is...
2021-06-1529 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs19: Multiply your Revenue and Reduce the Time it Takes to Manage your Business with Dale RobinetteOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Dale Robinette, Business Growth Strategist, Founder of the RevX Formula, Vistage Master Chair, and certified Scaling Up Gazelles Coach to discuss what Dale has learned coaching business owners through the pandemic.
Dale Robinette has a 25-year history of successfully helping companies, across multiple industries ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50, achieve exponential growth. He is an expert at developing concise and actionable strategies that will allow your company, and its management team, to achieve results previously considered unattainable.
Dale’s career originally focused on penetrating the electronics industry. He joined the...
2021-06-0825 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs18: Discover your True Pricing Power with Casey BrownOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Casey Brown, President of Boost Profits, on pricing - specifically, has the pandemic changed how businesses should think about pricing, if at all?
Casey Brown is the President of Boost Profits, a firm that helps companies generate more sales at higher prices for improved profits. For over two decades, she has formulated and executed pricing strategies, pioneered innovative pricing content, and coached and trained teams to drive culture change and dramatic, sustainable results.
With degrees in Chemical Engineering, Spanish and Business and career experience in engineering, Six Sigma and p...
2021-06-0125 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs17: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, with Bo BurlinghamOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Bo Burlingham, contributing writer for Forbes and author of five books, about Small Giants, how these companies have performed during the pandemic and what we can learn from their philosophy.
Bo has been writing about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship for 38 years, mostly for Inc. magazine, where he served as executive editor and then editor at large. He is currently a contributing writer for Forbes. Along the way, he has authored five books, the most recent being Finish Big: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top. He previously authored Small Giants: Companies T...
2021-05-2522 min
The Morning Report Weekly Wrap UpMorning Report Podcast: Thurs May 20, 2021Gene Marks on how to use CARES Act to pay down workers' student debt; how companies are using automation to overcome worker shortage; Ami Kassar’s EIDL extension update; Carey Smith, who built & sold Big Ass Fans, on giving away equity too quickly.
2021-05-2004 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs16: Growth through Mergers & Acquisitions with Jessica FialkovichOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Jessica Fialkovich, President of Transworld Business Advisors - Rocky Mountain, on how to buy a business, how to sell a business and the status of the mergers and acquisitions market.
Jessica became a first-time entrepreneur at the age of 25 and since has been able to successfully establish, develop and sell multiple small businesses in a number of different industries.
In the last eight years as the President of Transworld Business Advisors - Rocky Mountain, Jessica has been able to build her business brokerage firm from a two-person team to o...
2021-05-1821 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs15: Carey Smith, from Big Ass Fans to Unorthodox VenturesOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Carey Smith, Founding Contrarian of Unorthodox Ventures to discuss if Carey has been investing in businesses throughout the pandemic, and if so, how has his outlook changed.
A career entrepreneur, Carey Smith founded Big Ass Fans in 1999 and served as its CEO, or Chief Big Ass as he preferred, for 18 years. While other companies made and lost their fortunes, Carey’s contrarian business practices and relentless pursuit of new markets and high-quality products led to sustained, rapid growth. By 2017, Carey had grown the fan and light manufacturer to nearly $300 million in ann...
2021-05-1119 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs14: A Guide for Driving Growth in your Family Business with Jonathan GoldhillOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Jonathan Goldhill, Founder and President of The Goldhill Group about his new book, Disruptive Successor: a Guide for Driving Growth in your Family Business.
Jonathan Goldhill is an adviser, coach, consultant, trainer, facilitator, and business therapist with 30 years of experience in his craft. He has been guiding closely-held and family-owned businesses since 1987.
His passion for advising entrepreneurs and family businesses ignited a year earlier when his family’s business, one of the largest manufacturers of men’s clothing in the U.S. ceased operations and failed to survive into the fou...
2021-05-0418 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs13: Becoming Editor in Chief of Inc. Just Weeks Before the Pandemic, with Scott OmelianukOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Scott Omelianuk, Editor in Chief of Inc. magazine and Inc.com, on his experience coming in as Editor in Chief just a few weeks before the pandemic hit.
Mr. Omelianuk recently joined Inc. as Editor in Chief, where he oversees the brand’s recognition programs, events, and content, and is charged with creating new lines of business to support the entrepreneurial community. Though in the role for less than a year, he has already redesigned Inc.’s digital and print properties, launched a data product for firms looking to invest in small...
2021-04-2716 min
Scaling Up Business with Bill Gallagher256: Scaling Up Insights — Coach Panel with Ami Kassar, Cheryl Biron, and Dominic MonkhouseIn this new episode of Scaling Up Insights, we have panelists, Ami Kassar, CEO of MultiFunding, and the author of The Growth Dilemma; Cheryl Biron, a Business Growth Coach in both Scaling Up and 3HAG methodologies; and Dominic Monkhouse, a Business Growth Architect. In December of 2020 alone, women accounted for 100% of the jobs lost. Women in the workforce are suffering and it doesn’t look like they’ll be returning to the job market anytime soon. Schools are too unpredictable and the people who can’t afford it are single moms. With so many women leavin...
2021-04-211h 24AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs12: Using Artificial Intelligence, Workforce Analytics, and Science-Backed Data to Hire with Dave NastOn today's episode, Ami Kassar sits down with Dave Nast, CEO of Nast Partners, to discuss how HR has changed during the pandemic, specifically how hiring has changed, and how to build teams virtually.
David Nast is the CEO and Managing Partner of Nast Partners- based in the Greater Philadelphia area. David uses artificial intelligence, workforce analytics, and science-backed data to help businesses stop guessing and erase bias in their talent and execution decisions.
Dave is a 3-time CEO, a Workplace Behavior Expert, and an Award-Winning Business Coach with over 30 years of experience in Human...
2021-04-2031 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs11: Attract More Customers through Science with Dr. Rebecca HeissOn today’s episode, Ami Kassar interviews Dr. Rebecca Heiss, author, founder and CEO of the 360-review mobile application, icueity, and professional speaker on her journey as a professional speaker and what happened in March 2020 and how she adapted.
Rebecca knows fear. As a biologist and stress expert, Dr. Rebecca Heiss is dedicated to helping us become self-aware and overcome our instinctual limitations – the ancient, often subconscious fears that hold us back from our optimal performance and our happiest lives. Her research has been designated “transformative” by the National Science Foundation and it is waking up audiences around th...
2021-04-1322 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs10: Loren Feldman's Journey from Journalist to Employee to EntrepreneurOn today’s episode, Ami Kassar interviews Loren Feldman, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of 21 Hats on his journey from journalist to employee to entrepreneur, what he has learned, and how we can help.
Loren Feldman is the founder and editor-in-chief of 21 Hats, an online platform for business owners. He hosts the 21 Hats Podcast, which has been tracking the experiences of six business owners in weekly conversations throughout the pandemic crisis, and he edits the 21 Hats Morning Report, a daily email newsletter for entrepreneurs. Previously, he was a senior editor covering entrepreneurship at Inc, Forbes, and the New York Ti...
2021-04-0629 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs9: Small Business Growth with Matt GrammerOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Matt Grammer, the Founder and CEO of Kentucky Counseling Center on his story, what changed when the pandemic hit and how he pivoted.
KCC was formed in 2014 with a $250 investment and ranked #92 on the Inc. 5000 list in 2019. “I started KCC because I was frustrated with my father’s experience getting treatment for schizophrenia. When he finally found someone that could help, there was a 6 month waiting list and the doctor didn’t accept his insurance. Mental health care should be easy to find and affordable to receive.” - Matt Grammer
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2021-03-3018 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs8: The Importance of Delegation with Emily MorganOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Emily Morgan, the founder of Delegate Solutions, on how she gets entrepreneurs comfortable with delegation and how to make delegation effective.
Emily and her remote team help leaders and their teams to strategically clear their plates so they can focus on higher-impact activities! She is the founder of Delegate Solutions, a Strategic Support(TM) Firm and the designer of the “Delegate Method” which helps leaders identify areas of their work they can delegate or automate for maximum efficiency. She’s helped hundreds of busy entrepreneurial leaders master delegation and design systems to supp...
2021-03-2315 min
The R&B ShowAccess to Capital with Ami KassarRieva and Brian talk to financial expert Ami Kassar about his new platform, SBA Ignite, the latest on the PPP Loan Program, and what business owners should focus on for the rest of 2021.
2021-03-1639 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs7: The New President of MultiFunding, Lynn OzerOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Lynn Ozer, the new President of MultiFunding on her transition from the corporate banking world to the more entrepreneurial MultiFunding.
Lynn Ozer is a strategic and highly accomplished financial executive with vast expertise in small business lending departments, training existing and aspiring lenders on SBA’s loan origination policies and procedures, and advocating on local and national level for policies that prioritize small business. To this day, she serves on the Small Business Board of The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
As the first woman to chair the board of...
2021-03-1620 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs6: Learn What Coaching Can Unlock with Randy Haykin of The Gratitude NetworkOn today’s episode, Ami Kassar interviews Randy Haykin, Founder and Chief Purpose Officer of The Gratitude Network. Randy explains The Gratitude Network, what is it, and how we can get involved!
Randy is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, philanthropist and educator, and “wine angel” who lives and works in the Bay Area. Randy currently coaches CEOs and is a Vistage Chair, overseeing a peer group of 16 growth-stage CEOs in the Bay Area.
In 2011, Randy founded the philanthropic venture entity The Gratitude Network to mentor social entrepreneurs globally. Today the organization has nearly 70 volunteers and has wo...
2021-03-0927 min
The Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast|Real Estate InvestingBenefits of SBA Loans, PPP and EIDL, with Ami Kassar Ami Kassar, founder and CEO of MultiFunding and author of The Growth Dilemma, has earned a national reputation as a thought leader in business finance. An in-demand speaker and trusted advisor to growth-focused business leaders, Ami has helped thousands of business owners achieve ambitious growth goals through creative and personalized funding solutions. His work has helped create tens of thousands of jobs. For more than 20 years, Ami has challenged executives to think differently about how they capitalize growth. Regularly featured in national media including The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur...
2021-03-0323 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs5: Advocating For Policy Change with Karen KerriganOn today's episode, Ami Kassar interviews Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council on her efforts in Washington D.C. to help small businesses through the pandemic, the hot issues today, and what's next!
For twenty-five years Karen Kerrigan’s leadership, advocacy and training work has helped foster U.S. entrepreneurship and global business growth. She is president & CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council and is the group’s chief advocate for its members.
Kerrigan regularly testifies before the U.S. Congress on the key issues impacting entrepreneurs, investment and the econom...
2021-03-0222 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs4: The Power of Referrals & Digital Lead Strategy with Eric Keiles of Square 2 MarketingOn today's episode, Ami Kassar speaks with Eric Keiles, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Square 2 Marketing, to discuss marketing lessons learned during the pandemic, and what has changed forever.
Eric Keiles is a leading sales and marketing strategist focused on pioneering a new marketing methodology. Eric, along with his business partner Mike Lieberman, coined the concept, Reality Marketing™ to describe how businesses can utilize cost effective inbound marketing tactics to achieve dramatic revenue growth. They are leading the revolution in how entrepreneurs change the way they think about marketing their companies. Marketing Sherpa has called the duo “...
2021-02-2320 min
Liquid LunchBack to WorkOn today's Liquid Lunch, John is back in snowy New York to talk about the state of the US economy, teacher COVID vaccinations, and bringing troops home from overseas. Today's guests: Ami Kassar and Bryan Boyd.
2021-02-0739 min
Fascinating EntrepreneursNeed Funding for your Small Business? Ami Kassar is the Man for You! Ep. 3Ami Kassar is the founder and chief executive officer of Multifunding LLC, a Philadelphia-based consulting firm that specializes in helping business owners across the United States develop creative, cost-saving alternatives for their business debt needs and structure. Kassar has been involved in business finance for two decades. He has advised the White House, The Treasury Department and The Federal Reserve Bank on the state of the financing markets. He writes a weekly column for Inc.com and is frequently quoted in the national press on various small business issues.Where to Find Ami?Facebook: MultiFunding
2021-02-0228 min
Fascinating EntrepreneursNeed Funding for your Small Business? Ami Kassar is the Man for You! Ep. 3Ami Kassar is the founder and chief executive officer of Multifunding LLC, a Philadelphia-based consulting firm that specializes in helping business owners across the United States develop creative, cost-saving alternatives for their business debt needs and structure. Kassar has been involved in business finance for two decades. He has advised the White House, The Treasury Department and The Federal Reserve Bank on the state of the financing markets. He writes a weekly column for Inc.com and is frequently quoted in the national press on various small business issues.Where to Find Ami?Facebook: MultiFundingTwitter...
2021-02-0228 minAmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and EntrepreneursBob Coleman TrailerIt’s already February 1st, 2021 and you’ve guessed it! We’ve pivoted yet again and are excited to launch our new AmiSights Podcast. This week’s special guest is Bob Coleman, Editor of the Coleman Report, a trade newsletter for small business bankers and a nationally recognized expert on small business financing. In our inaugural podcast, Ami sits down with Bob and discusses what the SBA has done during the pandemic, the differences compared to the Great Recession, the PPP, the EIDL, and their thoughts on what’s to come.
The weekly AmiSights Podcast will feature dynamic int...
2021-02-0101 min
The Swag Coach™Distributors Helping Distributors (vol 21) - PPP Loan Forgiveness & Stimulus 2.0 ... Get Yours!Wondering if you are going to have to pay back your PPP Loan? Maybe you didn't get in on round 1 and want to know if you'll get another shot for a PPP Loan with a second round of stimulus money coming out?Our expert panelist guest is Ami Kassar, CEO of MultiFunding, LLC, author of "The Growth Dilemma" and freelance reporter for Inc Magazine. With the election behind us, Ami will discuss what to expect with PPP loan forgiveness, and how the second round of stimulus money can potentially benefit you and your promo business....
2020-11-181h 01
You Belong in BusinessA business line of credit could help cash flow when you need it mostThe best time to get a business line of credit is when you don’t need it—but that’s not always possible. Here are some ideas for how to pursue credit now, featuring Ami Kassar, CEO of business loan advisory Multifunding. We're also joined by John Rusk, co-owner of New York City general contractor Rusk Renovations, and his chief business officer, Andrew Hatzenbuhler.
2020-09-2100 min
Evergreen Journal by Tugboat InstituteDemystifying Debt Capital Growth: Ami Kassar How would you finance an acquisition? Deplete your cash flow? Take out a bank loan? Ignore the opportunity to avoid risk? In this 5-minute presentation from Tugboat Institute Summit 2019, Ami Kassar, founder and CEO of MultiFunding LLC, and author of The Growth Dilemma, presents another—less well-known—option for funding growth.
2020-09-0306 minEvergreen Journal by Tugboat InstituteDemystifying Debt Capital Growth: Ami Kassar How would you finance an acquisition? Deplete your cash flow? Take out a bank loan? Ignore the opportunity to avoid risk? In this 5-minute presentation from Tugboat Institute Summit 2019, Ami Kassar, founder and CEO of MultiFunding LLC, and author of The Growth Dilemma, presents another—less well-known—option for funding growth.
2020-09-0306 min
The Small Business Radio Show#591 Are You Ready For The Surge?SEGMENT 1: The SBA just released their first guidance on how to fill out the Payment Protection Plan (PPP) loan forgiveness application, and unfortunately… it’s complicated. It is eleven pages and small business owners are worried and overwhelmed. Here to help is Ami Kassar, the founder and chief executive officer of Multifunding LLC.SEGMENT 2: A gut reaction for many small businesses during difficult times is to cut back all their marketing to save money. But this means you stop actively communicating with customers and prospects, and that could be a big mistake. Here to help us figure out the...
2020-06-2353 min
Scaling Up Business with Bill Gallagher206: Scaling Up Insights — Coach Panel with Deb Gabor, Ami Kassar, and Anita CabellDeb Gabor is the CEO and Founder of Sol Marketing, she helps brands scale their content and helps create brand loyalty, Ami Kassar is the CEO and Founder of MultiFunding and a nationally renowned small business advocate and leader, and Anita Cabell is the Founder of Leading Edge and has been in the Chinese market for the last 18-plus years as a Scaling Up Coach. Since we’re living in a different world right now, Bill thought it was important to bring on the perspective of different coaches around the world to get their thoughts and...
2020-05-061h 34
South Florida BusinessWhat You Need to Know When Applying for SBA ProgramsIn this episode, Paul Barron talks with Ami Kassar, a business funding expert, to discuss the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and available SBA programs for businesses affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. The intent of the PPP is to allow businesses to get their employees back on payroll for eight weeks with a 100 percent forgivable loan as long as they have not laid-off workers in response to the virus. This program provides temporary security for employees during this uncertain time, ensuring that when we restore back to normal employees will be ready to return to work.
2020-04-1917 min
Wharton Business Radio Guest AudioAmi Kassar on Mind Your BusinessAmi Kassar, Founder and CEO of MultiFunding, joins host Loren Feldman on Mind Your Business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2019-07-2953 minWharton Business Radio Guest AudioAmi Kassar on Mind Your BusinessAmi Kassar, Founder of Multifunding, joins Loren Feldman and Celeste Corrado on Mind Your Business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2019-01-1153 min
Scaling Up Business with Bill GallagherAmi Kassar - Best Ways To Fund a BusinessHow do you fund your business? Is it with investors? Loans from the bank? Or something else entirely? Today’s guest will share the various ways you can fund your business and what option is right for you! Ami Kassar is the founder and CEO of MultiFunding and a bestselling author of The Growth Dilemma. Ami specializes in helping people develop creative cost-effective alternatives to navigate the (very expensive) needs of a business. Ami shares an example of how entrepreneurs should be thinking about their businesses. If all of your dreams came...
2018-06-2034 minThe Small Business Radio Show#465 American Idol’s William Hung Shares How to Deal with RejectionSegment 1: William Hung is best known for his audition on American Idol. It all started when he saw a poster for a school's talent show at the Clark Kerr dormitories. He decided to sing the song, "She Bangs" by Ricky Martin for fun but to his great surprise, he won! That gave him the confidence to audition for American Idol. He never made it to Hollywood but somehow, he was able to achieve accidental fame and success anyway. Why? Segment 2:Jesse Draper is founding partner of Halogen Ventures as well as creator and host of 2015 Emmy nominated television s...
2018-01-1953 min