America and Its Small Businesses During the Pandemic with Chris Hurn

The entire world is struggling because of the pandemic, with small businesses being one of the strongest hit sectors in the economy. As a result, entrepreneurs have become increasingly desperate. Chaos, fear, and fraud have never been more prevalent. For us to recover from this crisis, we need to strike a balance between reality and compassion with our finances.

In this episode, long-time entrepreneur Chris Hurn talks about the duty to help small businesses. He also provides insights to everyone challenged by the pandemic. Despite the challenges, Chris shares his optimism and hopefulness for entrepreneurial ingenuity and prosperity.

Listen to the episode and learn about how small businesses are coping during these trying times.

Resources

• Fountainhead Commercial Capital
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3 Reasons to Listen:

1. Discover insights regarding leadership and entrepreneurship during the present crisis.
2. Find out how Chris and his company helped thousands of small business owners.
3. Learn about Chris' economic predictions for this pandemic.

About Chris

Chris Hurn is an entrepreneur, author, and business executive working in the small business lending field. He is the Founder & CEO of Fountainhead Commercial Capital and the former Founder & CEO of Mercantile Capital Corporation.

He was recently named CEO of the Year by Orlando Business Journal. He believes it is his duty and purpose to assist small businesses during these trying times.

If you'd like to reach out to Chris, you can contact him on his LinkedIn or send an email to chris@fountainheadcc.com.

Episode Highlights

[03:15] Chris Explains What His Company Does

• Chris manages a non-bank lending company for the small business community in the US.
• He has been a productive individual and entrepreneur ever since he was 8 years old.
• The pandemic has made small businesses struggle, and it also gave Chris and his company many challenges.
• He sold his first lending company to a bank, and the company he founded has been scaling tremendously.
• Looking back, he never doubted himself that he wouldn’t be successful.

[11:59] Political Stances in America

• The US political crisis is difficult, but we will surely get through the health, economic, and political crises. It’s just a matter of when.
• Chris has personally been on both ends of the spectrum of political parties and is currently bipartisan.
• He believes in the adage that young and idealistic people are liberal-leaning, and you become conservative the older you get.
• There has to be civility for progress to occur as there will always be someone who fundamentally disagrees with you.
• Prosperity and entrepreneurialism have raised people's standard of living more than any bureaucrat or politician has ever done.

[15:53] “We've got to be more civil to one another. Because when we are most civil with one another, that's when we can make the most progress for everybody.” - Click Here to Tweet This

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