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Prosper Blog 3 days ago
Please nominate Prosper as the Best Overall Startup at the Crunchies Awards! Deadline is December 4th, 2009. Just click on the image above and you will be taken directly to the nomination page on the Crunchies website. The 2009 Crunchies are the third annual competition and award ceremony recognizing and celebrating the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations [...]
Prosper Blog 4 days ago
Prosper News Updates: November 11, 2009 Fast Company: Peer-to-Peer Lending Explained: Brother, Can You Spare $100? By Lydia Dishman November 11, 2009 Gerson Lehrman Group: The 5Cs of Credit, P2P Lending, Social Lending, Self-Directed Lending By Ronald Ingram October 22, 2009: NetBanker: Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces Join Forces to Influence Lawmakers with the “Coalition for New Credit Models By Jim Bruene October 21, 2009: American [...]
Prosper Blog 8 days ago
Effective today, Prosper welcomes back Kansas Borrowers – we are now open for business for again. Prosper is available to borrowers in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New [...]
Prosper Blog 11 days ago
We are pleased to inform our community that Nigel W. Morris, Co-Founder of Capital One, has joined Prosper’s Board of Directors and his venture capital firm, QED Investors, has invested in the company. By way of background, Nigel Morris co-founded Capital One in the early 1990’s, and during his ten-year tenure, Capital One’s customer base grew [...]
Mike Handelsman 11 days ago
In today’s tight business-for-sale marketplace, an owner’s willingness to finance the sale gives him an edge over the competition. But owner financing isn’t for the faint of heart. To stay on track, sellers need to follow some obvious – and some not so obvious – dos and don’ts. There’s nothing more frustrating than a listed business [...]
