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For years I have read the popular business magazines, all having so called experts write articles for entrepreneurs on how to finance their business. “The top 10 strategies for financing your start-up”, “How the SBA can help your small business”, “Personal credit is the key for entrepreneurs” and so on. In most cases I’m willing to bet those writing these articles are journalists that have never had a successful start-up. How can I come to that conclusion you may ask? Because of the bad advice they give.

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Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) ratings are like a good housekeeping sign of approval for businesses. D&B is probably the best known business reporting agency in the world and its ratings are coveted by businesses and examined closely by financial institutions and investors who want to know the financial health of any business. The D&B rating is prepared by an exhaustive examination of financial records, statements and dealings of the business with its customers, clients, investors and shareholders.

The D&B rating offers companies an opportunity to build their business credit, mitigate credit risks from other businesses, and ultimately improve their cash flow as well as the ability to enhance profit. D&B offers a number of other tools in addition to the basic D&B rating which allows businesses and financial institutions to make good decisions based on data and not just on guess work.

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Your business will need to access corporate credit at different points in the development of it. This is something just about every type of business is in need of so do your homework early. Even if you don’t need to access corporate credit right now, you want to have something readily accessible. You may have to apply with several different lenders before you are successful in getting a corporate credit card and a corporate line of credit. This is because new businesses are deemed to be very high risk for lenders.

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