Marketlend Academy

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    How much should a small business spend on marketing? 17 May 2019

    Selling yourself is a part of every business, and marketing is the way it’s done at scale. But how much should a small business spend on marketing? Like any question worth asking, the answer depends on your situation.

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    Marketlend’s Tyndall lashes online lending code as ‘window dressing’ 4 May 2019

    This article was originally published by The Australian on 30/04/19 at this link, by Joyce Moullakis. Peer-to-peer lender Marketlend has taken aim at an online business lending code of conduct, labelling it “window dressing”, and saying practices at several smaller firms were “more ruthless than the big banks”.

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    Making the most of Marketlend Loan Exchange 1 May 2019

    After ongoing investor testing and community engagement, we’ve created a new user experience built for your needs, the Marketlend Loan Exchange (Beta). Making the most of Loan Exchange: When you access the new Loan Exchange you will notice a number of key differences to the existing Exchange.

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    Video: What does Fintech mean to you? 25 April 2019

    Marketlend is definitely a Fintech, but what else falls under that term? More than a generic term for any financial or banking related startup, Fintech represents a lager change in how we lend in 2019.

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    How to choose the right accountant 10 April 2019

    Following last week’s post about how an accountant can free you from bookkeeping to focus on running your business, how do you know which accountant to choose once you’ve made the decision?

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    Should you hire an accountant? 3 April 2019

    Many small-to-medium-size businesses, particularly those just starting out, might see hiring an accountant as just another expense. While the initial and ongoing investment may put business owners off, an accountant’s services could have a great benefit and even lead to an increase in profit in the long term.

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    Super Cat Converters Bucks The Banks For Better Service 15 March 2019

    While the catalyst to Wayne Chiert starting his automotive supplies business, Super Cat Converters, was an accidental meeting with an American man and his sausage dog, the secret to keeping it running has much less to do with chance.

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    Video: Why did you create Marketlend? 12 March 2019

    When Marketlend’s founder, Leo Tyndall saw a big disparity between the way SMEs and big business were being treated by traditional lenders, he saw an opportunity to fix the problem, while creating a investment options for investors.

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    Does Your SME Need A Small Business Website? Yes, Here’s Why 27 February 2019

    How many potential customers are you losing because you don’t have a website? How many are moving on to competitors because your small business website looks more at home in the 1990s?

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    Leaving the Banks Behind: How Planet Ark Power made solar profitable with Marketlend 13 February 2019

    Upfront costs and unconventional financials have held back the expansion of businesses transforming our energy markets and introducing new ways of delivering electricity. That’s what happened to Planet Ark Power, an engineering organisation which combines modern PV solar panels and batteries with AI powered software to ramp production up or down based on demand from the electricity grid.

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