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This story appears in theNovember 2016issue of狗万官方.Subscribe »
The $510,000 Crista Freeman had raised from angel investors served her well: The money helped herPhin & Phebesartisanal ice cream reach stores around New York City. After four years, she was ready to expand -- but could barely afford to do it. Once she buys ingredients, it can take up to six months for her customers to finally pay her. "When the product gets manufactured," she says, "I'm burning through cash."
Sure, she could have applied for aloanfrom a traditional online lender, but those credit lines average less than $250,000. She needed more. And she didn't have time to deal with securing a bank loan.
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