Get business funding: why character matters more than your credit score

👇 FIND TENDERS & FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES (START HERE) 👉 Explore live tenders on TenderCentral: https://tendercentral.co.za/?utm_sour... 👉 Apply for funding: https://www.sourcefin.co.za/funding-a... 👉 Join The Calabash Letter (The Great Enabler community): https://www.greatenabler.co.za/the-ca... 👉 Watch our guide to 10 types of business funding that solve specific problems: https://www.greatenabler.co.za/busine... *** WATCH THE FULL EPISODE    • How to get business funding with bad credit   *** Why does a funder care more about your character than your credit score? Because a credit score only tells you what went wrong. It doesn't tell you why. In this clip from The Great Enabler Podcast, Jedd Harris sits down with Sourcefin's Deal Team Lead, Cody Pooran, to unpack how Sourcefin's deal team actually decides who gets funded - and why a default or a judgment against your business is not the automatic disqualifier most SME owners assume it is. Cody walks through the three questions that actually decide a deal, why disclosing your problems upfront works in your favour, and what separates a client a deal manager will fight for from one they won't. And most importantly - why funding should be your Plan A, not an afterthought. *** 🎯 In this video, we unpack: 1️⃣ The 3 questions Sourcefin actually asks before funding a deal 2️⃣ Why disclosing a default or SARS debt upfront works in your favour 3️⃣ Whether missing a track record automatically disqualifies you 4️⃣ What makes a client a deal manager will actually fight for 5️⃣ Why funding should be your Plan A, not an afterthought *** ⏱ Chapters 00:00 Cold open: character over creditworthiness 04:11 Why you should disclose problems upfront 05:37 Judgments and SARS debt don't disqualify you 06:41 Understanding why a default happened 08:03 Does missing a track record disqualify you? 09:12 What makes a client stand out to a deal manager 13:48 Why deal managers are always looking for yes 16:58 How to build a relationship with your deal manager 18:08 Why funding should be your Plan A 19:46 Why you should subscribe to The Great Enabler Podcast *** 👤 About Cody Pooran Cody Pooran is Sourcefin's Deal Team Lead, working directly with South African SMMEs to assess funding applications on character and delivery capability, not just a credit report. Connect with Cody: 👉 LinkedIn: [NEEDS URL - ask Jedd] *** 🎙 About The Great Enabler Podcast The Great Enabler Podcast is a South African business education series focused on real entrepreneurs building real businesses in the real economy. 👉 Visit The Great Enabler website: https://www.greatenabler.co.za/ *** 🚀 Powered by Sourcefin This clip is brought to you by Sourcefin, a South African alternative funding business specialising in: Purchase order & tender funding Invoice discounting / invoice funding Instead of offering generic business loans, Sourcefin focuses on matching the right funding solution to the specific business problem. *** 👍 Finally If this clip helped you think differently about how funders actually assess you: Like the video. Subscribe for more conversations. Comment your biggest business challenge.