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A bank is a place
that will lend you money if you can prove that you
don't need it." - Bob Hope
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About FF |
Forward Funding is “one-stop shopping“ for
a growing company's financial needs.
From initial purchase order financing to IPO, we have a select group of
funding sources, chosen by virtue of their proven integrity.
Whether you are a businessperson looking to improve your cash flow or an
entrepreneur ready to take your business to the next level, we would
like to help. The common thread of our commercial clientele is growth.
Forward Funding LLC is a value added network of professional alternative
financing sources. As a broker, FF is able to place you with the right
source that is best suited for your business’s specific requirements.
Forward Funding LLC has been in business since 1996. |
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Why use a broker? |
· There is no additional cost to you. All of our funding
sources have factored in business development costs. These business
development costs are a component of the fee/discount. They either go to
their in house business development officer, or to a broker such as
Forward Funding LLC.
· You only fill out one
application. Our application is accepted by all of our sources. If not
we will transfer the information for you, and forward it to you for your
signature.
· We know our business. We know
what will or will not fly and with whom and who has the best rates. |
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Our Process |
1. Contact us by the filling
out the “Sign up for more info” form, emailing either of us at
forward@forwardfunding.com. Or
calling either of the phone numbers on the contact page.
2. We will either meet with
you in person or have a phone call to discuss your specific business’s
situation, determine the best funding approach and give your our
recommendations.
3. You can then fill out our
application available on our site (download
the application here) or we will email or fax one to you.
4. Average time from receipt
of completed application and required documentation to a proposal from
the funding source is less than 24 hours.
5. We will discuss the
proposal together and either conference call with you and the funding
source or put you in contact with them directly.
6. If you accept the proposal,
then further due diligence will be performed by the funding source.
7. Providing nothing is
discovered in the due diligence step that would change the terms of the
proposal, you will be presented with a contract by the funding source.
8. Once you are in a
contractual arrangement with the funding source, you submit your first
invoice(s).
9. You receive your advance
either via wire transfer directly into your account or as a check mailed
to you within 24 of verification of your invoice, and so on for every
subsequent invoice you submit.
10. We remain in your service for
the life of your contract with our source. |
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About the Principals: |
Lisa Hazelton
Managing Director
forward@forwardfunding.com
949-492-7970
Lisa
Hazelton is a senior executive with over 15 years of financial and
operational experience. She provides leadership and strategic
direction in both large and entrepreneurial company environments.
Ms. Hazelton founded Forward Funding in 1996, and has built a
financial consulting practice around the company, serving all of
Southern California. Her company has been featured in Who’s Who in
Finance in Orange County, and she was personally honored as Woman of
the Month by Women in Technology International (WITI) in 2002.
Ms. Hazelton executes commercial financing, including purchase order
and accounts receivable financing, asset-based lending and equipment
leasing. Her secured debt financing aggregates to over $2M, among
manufacturers, distributors and the construction business. She has
also secured venture funding for a communications software company.
Prior to this, Ms. Hazelton worked in the energy, government and
airlines industries. For over ten years, she performed project
management, compliance administration and engineering and
construction support for Southern California Edison, at the San
Onofre Nuclear Power Station. Holds a private pilot's license, and
was an air traffic control specialist for the FAA.
Ms. Hazelton has a BSM from Pepperdine University. Working actively
in the Orange County entrepreneurial marketplace, Ms. Hazelton
serves on the Board of Directors for the Forum for Women
Entrepreneurs (FWE) in Orange County. |
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Jeff Minard
forward@forwardfunding.com
714-402-0495
Jeff Minard
is a senior business development executive with wide interests. He
is building a practice in cash flow financing, adding his
entrepreneurial background and knowledge of technical industries.
Mr. Minard built D2Dnet to be the top industrial distribution portal
worldwide, starting in 1999. Since 1997, Mr. Minard has done
consulting on Internet business strategies and electronic commerce.
He built the leading archive in automotive licensing research, with
75% market share.
Prior to this, Mr. Minard worked in software development for 20
years. As Director with ParcPlace-Digitalk (the originators of
Smalltalk, the original object-oriented language) his new business
unit won trade awards in its first year and increased sales 25%.
Mr. Minard has held positions with Fortune 500 companies such as
Computer Sciences Corporation and Xerox. He worked with Quotron,
supporting their broker systems in securities trading. Mr. Minard
served as an officer in the US Army Signal Corps, and received his
MBA from Pepperdine University, in strategy and marketing.
He currently serves on the Executive Board of the Tech Coast Venture
Network, the largest and oldest entrepreneur marketplace in Orange
County.
Mr. Minard has
international business experience in import/export, and he was a
licensee to the Olympic Winter Games in Calgary in 1988. He
graduated from an international business program at Oxford
University and has taught in the Ukraine. Over his entire career,
Mr. Minard has written, co-authored or edited over 75 technical
publications in information sciences and technical fields.
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