Steve Lankler is the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Direct Capital Loans. He dismissed as cliche the fact that they make dreams come true for small business owners, but we think he was being humble. We had a productive conversation about growing a business, when to seek a loan and what to do once you’ve received it.

We found this to be a very enlightening conversation for any small business owner. Listen and enjoy!

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by Andy Shore

Andy Shore found his way to Benchmark when he replied to a job listing promising a job of half blogging, half social media. His parents still don’t believe that people get paid to do that. Since then, he’s spun his addiction to pop culture and passion for music into business and marketing posts that are the spoonful of sugar that helps the lessons go down. As the result of his boss not knowing whether or not to take him seriously, he also created the web series Ask Andy, which stars a cartoon version of himself. Despite being a cartoon, he somehow manages to be taken seriously by many of his readers ... and few of his coworkers.