News & Press
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: March 2021
2021 Small Business Trends: Black Entrepreneurs
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: March 2021
2021 Small Business Trends: Women in Business
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: March 2021
Signs Show 2019 Is the Year of the Franchise
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: SEPTEMBER 2019
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: JULY 2019
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: JUNE 2019
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: MAY 2019
Guidant Financial Makes Buying and Selling Small Businesses Easier with New Product Suite
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: MARCH 2019
Aspiring Baby Boomer Entrepreneurship is Growing By 18 Percent Year Over Year
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: APRIL 2019
Women Entrepreneurs are Increasingly More Diverse and Educated Compared to Men
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: MARCH 2019
African-American Small Business Owners Younger, Happier, and 65% More Likely to be Women
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: FEBRUARY 2019
Guidant Financial Hires Key Staff Members for New Boise Office
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: FEBRUARY 2019
Guidant Financial Reports on Effects of Government Shutdown on New/American Small Businesses
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: JANUARY 2019
Guidant Financial and LendingClub Report on The State of U.S. Small Business In 2018
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: JANUARY 2019
Guidant Financial Announces Opening of New Boise, Idaho Office
GUIDANT FINANCIAL: NOVEMBER 2018
Two Franchise Trends Aspiring Franchisees Should Look Out For
FORBES: SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
ADWEEK: SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
You Don’t Have to Be Young to Make Money
YAHOO FINANCE: JULY 27, 2019
What’s the Dynamic Demographic Running America’s Small Businesses? Older People.
THE GUARDIAN: MAY 16, 2019
Why Start a Business After You Retire?
USA TODAY: MAY 6, 2019
Women-Led Startups Inventing Women-Targeted Products? Now There’s an Idea
BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK: MAY 6, 2019
States With the Fastest-Growing Small Businesses
BUSINESS NEWS DAILY: MAY 1, 2019
Why the Secret to Growth May Be a ‘Velvet Rope’ Strategy
ENTREPRENEUR MAGAZINE: APRIL 18, 2019
Report: African American Business Owners Are on the Rise
TAMPA BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL: APRIL 5, 2019
7 Tips to Help Your Mom and Pop Shop Succeed Against Big Retailers
FUNDERA: MARCH 18, 2019
FIT SMALL BUSINESS: JANUARY 31, 2019
Women in Business – State of Women-Owned Small Businesses
WOMEN IN BUSINESS: APRIL 12, 2018
FOX NEWS: JULY 28, 2016
Why More Baby Boomers Are Looking to Franchise
ENTREPRENEUR: JULY 21, 2016
Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For
SEATTLE BUSINESS MAGAZINE: JULY 2016
Clinton V. Trump: How Will Small Business Fare?
FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INTERNATIONAL: JUNE 30, 2016
Our Achievements
- Best Rollover As Business Startup Provider, Fit Small Business (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019)
- Eastside Small Business of the Year, Bellevue Chamber of Commerce, (2007, 2016)
- Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For, Seattle Business magazine (2015, 2016)
- Fastest Growing Private Companies in America List, Inc 5000 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 & 2016)
- Blue Ribbon Small Business Award, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- 18th Fastest Growing Company in Washington State, Puget Sound Business Journal
- Washington’s Best 100 Companies to Work For, Washington CEO magazine
- Best of Bellevue Award, U.S. Local Business Association
- Hire Power Award (No.7 Financial Category), INC
- Top 20 Best Places to Work, Seattle Metropolitan magazine
- National Young Entrepreneurs of the Year (Jeremy Ames & David Nilssen), Small Business Administration
- Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist (David Nilssen), Earnst & Young
- 40 under 40 Business Leadership Award (Jeremy Ames & David Nilssen), Puget Sound Business Journal
- Top 100 Small Business Influencers (David Nilssen)
