Yearly Archives - 2021

Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union Celebrates National Black Business Month

Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union Celebrates National Black Business Month TVFCU Highlights Four Black-Owned Business Members through Video Series CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Aug. 16) — August is National Black Business Month and Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union (TVFCU) is celebrating by highlighting four Black-owned business members through a month-long video series.  “The beauty of...

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4 Questions You’re Probably Not Asking Yourself Before Launching Your New Business

By Alex Lavidge, CEO of Startup Champs & contributor to startingblockchattanooga.com June 13, 2021 This Cognitive Bias Codex poster has been hanging on my office wall for many years. As a pre-launch growth consultant for clients worldwide (which is just another way of explaining that I help startups get presales & revenue-backed financing...

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TVFCU’s Idea Leap Loan Fills Void in Community for Lending to Early-Stage Businesses

By: Tennessee Federal Credit Union (TVFCU) TVFCU started in 1936, focused on personal saving, checking and loans. Over time, our membership liked our services so much that they began asking if we could offer business accounts. With regulatory changes, we began offering business saving, checking and loans. But something was missing...

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