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It's an exciting time to be in the self-directed investment market! Learn how the use of retirement funds to finance a business or to truly diversify a portfolio with a self-directed IRA. Read how investors are making safer and more lucrative investments in real estate, franchises, businesses, tax liens and other avenues outside the stock market, and how new entrepreneurs are experiencing higher success rates by using their IRA and 401(k) for business financing instead of debt financing.

Media Articles

07.26.2012 Building Your New Brand on Social Media in 5 Simple Steps
07.25.2012 10 Traits of an Entrepreneur
07.24.2012 Accessing small-business capital today
07.16.2012 The Secret to Turning 401(k) Into Startup Capital
06.13.2012 Guidant and Guidant Client mentioned in NY Times
04.19.2012 David Nilssen, Guidant in Huffington Post
03.14.2012 Guidant mentioned in AdvisorOne Article About IRAs
03.14.2012 David Nilssen contributes to Echelon Magazine (page 34)
03.12.2012 Guidant Financial Becomes Charter Member of PAFI
03.08.2012 Guidant gets second mention in Wall Street Journal
03.02.2012 Guidant mentioned in Wall Street Journal article: IRAs Get Sexier
02.24.2012 Operation Enduring Opportunity Continues its Outreach
01.23.2012 5 Reasons to Buy a Business Right Now
01.03.2012 Top Sources of Small-Business Financing in 2012
11.22.2011 Guidant Visits the White House for the Veterans Employment Bill Signing
11.15.2011 Guidant Financial Pledges Assistance to Veteran Business Startups
11.10.2011 AP covers Michelle Obama speech mentioning Guidant
10.09.2011 Guidant restaurant client featured in Daytona Beach Journal
06.28.2011 Several Guidant clients highlighted in CNN Money article
06.10.2011 Guidant's office olympics featured on MyNorthwest.com
04.01.2011 Guidant highlighted in Entrepreneur Magazine article
03.14.2011 Guidant featured in MSN Business on Main video
03.01.2010 Guidant 401(k) profiled on Small Business TV
02.15.2010 Successful Guidant client featured in USA Today
02.04.2010 Guidant 401(k) mentioned as business funding alternative in CNBC article
02.01.2010 Guidant co-founders contribute 10 tips for investing in a business with retirement funds to the Small Business Digest
01.31.2010 Entrepreneur Magazine features Guidant 401(k) as a business lending option
12.08.2009 Guidant 401(k) business investment profiled on Entrepreneur.com Money
10.01.2009 Guidant mentioned in small business article on Entrepreneur.com
04.01.2009 Marketwatch profiles Guidant as an alternative to IRA custodians for investing in rental properties
03.28.2009 Guidant mentioned in Star Tribune article on Real Estate IRA investing
03.16.2009 Guidant Founder provided input for an article on home based businesses
12.11.2008 Guidant clients featured in Businessweek small business article
11.11.2008 Guidant CEO contributed to INC/msnbc.com article
09.30.2008 Guidant Clients mentioned in article on NY Times website
09.12.2008 MarketWatch.com article on real estate investing
09.12.2008 Guidant in Businessweek
09.11.2008 Self-directed IRA article in the Wall Street Journal
06.30.2008 Featured in TheStreet.com article on alternative investing
02.11.2008 Guidant featured in the Money Zone on New York Daily News site
01.20.2008 Guidant CEO on Real Estate Today – Exercise Your Self-Directed IRA Options
12.24.2007 Guidant Client Featured on CNBC
08.31.2007 Guidant Clients Featured in the Seattle Times
08.31.2007 Guidant Featured in Boulder County Business Report
08.20.2007 Diversification through Self-Directed IRAs
06.24.2007 Guidant featured in the LA Times: Banking on It
05.16.2007 Guidant Honored at Eastside Business Awards
05.04.2007 SBA Honors Jeremy Ames, President & David Nilssen, CEO 2007 Young Entrepreneurs of the Year (PDF)
03.30.2007 Washington Business Wins U.S. Chamber of Commerce Award (PDF)
03.01.2007 SBA Announces Guidant Financial Group Executives as Washington State Small Business Winners (PDF)
01.09.2007 AmericasBestFranchises.com Joins with Guidant Financial Group
01.01.2007 Entrepreneur Magazine: Show Me the Money
10.15.2006 Savvy Investors Profit from Rise in Foreclosure Rates
06.01.2006 Wall Street Journal Startup: Using Your Nest Egg To Buy a Franchise
03.09.2006 The Oregonian: Real estate one avenue to invest IRA money
12.01.2005 Bison.com: Financing Your Next Business Venture
07.27.2005 Entrepreneur Magazine: Franchise Radio Show
07.11.2005 Fortune Magazine: Customize Your IRA
07.02.2005 Chicago Tribune: From real estate to fishing, alternatives abound for IRAs
02.25.2005 Real Estate Investing Expo 2005
01.14.2005 BizJournals

Press Releases

05/09/2013 Guidant Financial CEO David Nilssen to Keynote SBA Lending Workshop
03/19/2013 Guidant Financial Soars to The Aid of American Airlines Pilots
07/09/2012 Guidant Financial Names New Vice President of Sales
06/19/2012 MyCorporation Partners with Guidant Financial to Assist Small Business Financing
04/17/2012 IFA announces a strategic alliance with Guidant Financial
11/11/2011 Entrepreneurial Scholarships and Discount Offered to U.S. Veterans to Jumpstart Local Businesses
11/09/2011 Seattle Franchise Business Leaders to Launch Campaign to Recruit and Hire Veterans for Careers in Franchising
10/05/2011 Women Account for One-Quarter of New Business Startups, Guidant Financial Survey Finds
09/19/2011 Guidant Financial Pledges 2,000 Books on How to Start a Small Business with US Veterans Who Pursue Self-Employment
08/30/2011 Small Business Survey Reveals Baby Boomers Account for 84 Percent of New Business
06/29/2011 Guidant Recognized As One Of The Best Places To Work In Seattle
06/27/2011 Guidant and E-Source Take Franchise Financing to Next Level
02/15/2011 Guidant to be Platinum Sponsor at Murphy Business Educational Conference
02/14/2011 Guidant Financial Announces Another Key Hire
02/13/2011 Franchise Expert Jerry Darnell Joins Guidant Financial
11/22/2010 Guidant Names Nicole Cox As New COO
06/22/2010 Franchise Expert Lori Kiser-Block Joins Guidant Financial Group
02/05/2010 Guidant Financial Group Launches 5-Steps to Small Business Ownership Webinar Series
02/03/2010 Guidant Financial Group & NextBigFranchise Join Forces to Educate Entrepreneurs
01/28/2010 Ten Reasons 2010 Will Be the Year of the Entrepreneur
11/10/2009 Experienced Executives and Managers are Opening Small Businesses
11/13/2009 Guidant Financial Unveils 5-Steps to Franchise Ownership
10/12/2009 New Business Boom Led by Baby Boomers
09/18/2009 Guidant Financial Group Makes Inc. 5000 list for the Second Straight Year
07/29/2009 Local Business Journal Honors Guidant Financial Group Co-Founder
05/13/2009 Guidant Co-Founder Named Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist
03/20/2009 Guidant Named to Best of Bellevue List
12/08/2008 Self-Directed IRA Accounts up 30%
10/24/2008 Guidant Financial Group named one of the Fastest Growing Companies for Second Straight Year
09/30/2008 Self-Directed IRA Investors Stay the Course Despite Volatile Market
08/20/2008 Guidant Financial Group Makes Inc. 500 Thanks to 788.6% Three-Year Growth
08/19/2008 Survey Finds 95% of 401(k) Small Business Financing Clients Are Still in Business
07/29/2008 Volatile Economy Forces Asset Diversification for Self-Directed IRA Investors
07/15/2008 Nearly Half of New Business Owners Use Professional Consultants or Brokers
07/08/2008 Guidant Financial Group Receives 2008 Best of Bellevue Award
06/18/2008 Credit Crisis Fuels 131% Increase in Private Lending Since 2005
06/10/2008 A Third of New Business Owners Using IRA Funding Are Age 45-50
05/13/2008 Seasoned Professionals Leaving Corporate World to Go into Business for Themselves
05/08/2008 Washington CEO Magazine names 2008 Top Best Companies to Work for
05/07/2008 Guidant Financial Group CEO David Nilssen Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 Award Finalist in the Pacific Northwest
04/22/2008 Self-Directed IRA Company Posts Record Quarter and Helps Confirm Growing Interest in “Self-Directed” Investments
04/04/2008 Carrie Casanas and Barry Schnell Join Guidant Financial Group
02/28/2008 Washington Business Wins U.S. Chamber of Commerce Award for Second Year
01/14/2008 Stephan Roche of ShareBuilder to Join Guidant Financial Group as President and COO
12/03/2007 Record Quarter for Guidant Financial Group
11/19/2007 Self-Directed IRA Investors Find Good Real Estate Buys in Growing West and Northeast Regions
10/31/2007 Lease Options plus Soaring Foreclosures Equal Win-Win for Buyers and Sellers
10/29/2007 Guidant Financial Group Offers Clients New Payroll Service with Accuracy Guarantee
10/25/2007 Guidant Financial Group Named the 6th Fastest-Growing Private Company in Washington State
10/24/2007 Life Changing Experience Inspires Entrepreneur to Launch Coffee Roasting Business
10/23/2007 Growth Leads Guidant’s Recordkeeping Office to Relocate to Larger Facilities
10/22/2007 Axxiom Names Guidant as Preferred Funding Source for Franchisees
10.16.2007 Guidant Financial Group and Acquireo Join Forces to Educate Prospective Business Owners
10.15.2007 Self-Directed IRAs Fill Gap Created by Increasingly Elusive Home Equity Loans for Small Business Financing
10.08.2007 Slow Housing Market Has Little Effect on Investment Choices for Self-Directed Investors
09.29.2007 Laid-Off Corporate Worker Invests Retirement Funds in Entrepreneurial Endeavor
09.24.2007 Self-Directed IRAs Enable Investors to Take Advantage of Housing Slump
09.14.2007 Puget Sound Business Journal's “40 Under 40” Honors Guidant’s CEO
09.11.2007 Guidant Client Featured in the Wall Street Journal
08.31.2007 Guidant Clients Featured in the Seattle Times
08.30.2007 Guidant Featured in Boulder County Business Report
08.21.2007 Retirement Savings Hit All-Time High
08.08.2007 Recent Market Volatility Drives Investors to Broaden Investment Allocation
08.02.2007 Guidant Financial Hires Jim Winder as Business Development Manager
08.01.2007 US Gasoline Demand Hits All Time High in July
07.05.2007 Guidant Financial Recognized as one of the “Best Companies to Work For” by Washington CEO Magazine
06.25.2007 Displaced Workers Seize New Opportunities
06.24.2007 Guidant Client Featured in the LA Times
06.01.2007 Leader in Self-directed IRA Funding Opens Denver Office
05.24.2007 Yesterdays Autoworkers are Today’s Small Business Owners
05.21.2007 Guidant is one of "Washington’s Best 100 Companies to Work For"
05.17.2007 Guidant Financial Group Named Top Eastside Small Business for 2007
05.07.2007 Local Business and Charity Org Team Up to Rebuild Homes and Spirits
04.12.2007 SBA Names Guidant Financial Group Executives as National Entrepreneurs of the Year
04.06.2007 U.S. Chamber of Commerce Names Guidant Financial Group the Top Small Business in the Northwest
03.26.2007 Market Events Cause Concern over Personal Retirement Savings
03.19.2007 Executives Receive Top Small Business Award
02.22.2007 Expansion to Appleton, WI Announced
02.06.2007 Seattle Chapter of SCORE Website Launched
01.17.2007 Guidant Financial Group™ Launches New Website
12.01.2006 Guidant Client Featured in Entrepreneur Magazine
09.27.2006 Savvy Investors Profit from Rise in Foreclosure Rates
08.24.2006 Fizzling Stock Market Bolsters Non-Traditional Retirement Investing
07.01.2006 Entrepreneurship thriving in the eyes of our nation’s diverse population
04.27.2006 Franchise Business Review and Guidant Financial Group Join Forces
03.01.2006 Guidant Financial Group Opens Atlanta and Phoenix Offices