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Just as someone might pull a personal report from all three bureaus, credit managers often check more than one bureau. In most cases, however, its important that small businesses have both good business credit, as well as solid personal credit on the part of the owners. Many small business owners rely on the strength of their personal credit to fund their businesses. The information is typically reported to the credit small biz building credit bureaus by those who are issuing credit.

D&B gives businesses a separate credit file number (known as a D&B or DUNS number) that rates your credit profile. You dont necessarily need to pay a company several thousand dollars to hold your hand or do it all for you, but taking it all on yourself without any guidance is just asking for trouble.

Most new companies can’t qualify for these until they build up tradelines with vendors who will report their payment history to the business credit bureaus. I read Mashables on a daily basis because I run my company’s social sites, and was pleasantly surprised to find this type of article on here.

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