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A trusted ally in critical times, TAP’s financial expertise and decades of collective experience make it a difference-maker for small and medium-sized businesses, no matter the assignment or mandate.
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Our Story
TAP Financial Partners had its origins in the desire to fill a void for small and medium-sized companies that traditionally didn’t have access to firms with the expertise, experience, and resources to help them to realize their business potential.
The quest to make a difference for companies at all stages in their history continues to drive the senior-level pros that created TAP, a privately-held, boutique merchant bank that offers client-centric advisory, restructuring, and fundraising services to a select group of clients and affiliates.
10 Biggest Challenges Faced by Small Businesses
Accessing and Raising Capital
When institutional investors aren’t interested, where can small or medium-sized businesses turn for capital to fuel growth?
The Marketing Trap
In trying to grow your business, should you spend your time enhancing your relationship with those customers or should you spend your resources on new customer cultivation.?
Concentration Risk
One of the many risks a business faces is customer concentration. In general, if a large customer represents more than 10% of revenues, the business is exposed to customer concentration risk.
Time
Regardless of whether you appropriate a monetary value to it or not, time is generally one of the most valuable commodities a small business owner has.
Changing Government Regulations
How do government regulations permeate different aspects of your business and industry? Tax changes? Competitive changes?
Needing a Clear Plan To Go With Your Vision
One of the key pillars for any business is to reduce your vision to a crisp, yet flexible plan accompanied by a financial model
Analyzing if You Are Making Money
Measuring and understanding current and past profitability, and projecting future profitability is of the utmost importance for any business.
The Need for Better Internal Systems
Every business is different and internal reporting showing where you are and where you’d like to be is somewhat individualistic.
Affording Needed Staffing
It always seems like you need another (or two or three) pair of hands as you grow. Question is who? When? How many and can I afford them?
Outside Consultants and Advisors - Do You Need Them?
You can do a lot, but you can’t do it all or hire all the people you need at critical times in your development. It’s that plain and simple. Do I need, can I afford and should I bring on outsiders to assist?
Case Studies
Client Challenges Overcome with TAP Solutions
Here Comes the Sun
PROBLEM: The decision to change its business model to one that concentrated on community solar gardens led to unexpected problems.
Smooth Sailing after Chapter 11
PROBLEM: Large contracts were lost, forcing the company to file for Chapter 11 protection.
Accounting for Growth
PROBLEM: A lack of working capital and unique corporate structure hindered management’s growth agenda.
Featured Posts
To Hire or Outsource? That is the Question
What may have started as a one-person operation has now grown into a small business that requires additional labor. The options are to hire employees or outsource the work to an agency or independent contractor. Here is some perspective that can help you decide which might be the best fit for your company.
New Year’s Resolutions Your Business Can Keep
We’ve all made New Year’s resolutions, with losing weight, exercising more, and quitting smoking among the traditional favorites. But have you thought about what your business can resolve to do in 2022? You should.
Five Ways Climate Change Can Affect Your Small Business
If you are concerned about how climate change might impact your business, you’re not alone. If you aren’t, you probably should be. Here’s why.
Supply Chain Challenges
Small businesses across industries are feeling the strain from supply chain challenges that have emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the companies most impacted are those in eCommerce that are struggling to keep up with an increased demand for online goods from people who for health and convenience reasons prefer to shop online instead of in traditional stores.
Funding Options for Your Startup
The old adage “you need to spend money to make money” only works if you have money in the first place. Here are some funding options to consider for the earliest stages of your business.
The Federal Infrastructure Bill Can Help Your Small Business
Small businesses struggling in the wake of the global pandemic may get some relief from a bipartisan infrastructure bill. Here’s how.