The Right Lender Can Make All the Difference—Here’s How to Find One As a business owner seeking financing, you have plenty of options. However, not all lenders offer the same level of personalized and streamlined service. It’s important to choose the right lender to get essential funding needed to grow [...]
Put Your Fleet to Work: Financing Options for Every Commercial Vehicle Need If maintaining a commercial fleet is essential to the success of your business, it’s important to add and replace vehicles when you need to, without interrupting or delaying your operations. Luckily, financing commercial vehicle purchases can help you [...]
Grow More Than Grass: Upgrade Your Landscaping Business for Bigger Profits To grow your landscaping business, you need the latest technology and equipment to increase efficiency and expand the services you can offer. In this article, we’ll cover seven popular pieces of landscaping equipment and the latest technological advances. Ready [...]
Push Forward with Power: Is It Time to Upgrade Your Bulldozer? To run your construction business efficiently and successfully, you need to replace aging equipment before it reaches the end of its useful lifespan. Otherwise, you could be left stranded with an inoperable bulldozer, losing valuable time while you wait [...]
Boost Logging Efficiency and Go Green with the Right Equipment Strategy To run your logging business efficiently and sustainably, you need to invest in the latest equipment and technology. In this article, we’ll cover the evolution of logging equipment over the years, look at current trends, and help you evaluate [...]
Make Every Dollar Count: How to Get the Most from Your Working Capital Loan Working capital is a great short-term capital solution to help your businesses cover a variety of operational expenses. Utilizing working capital preserves your cash position and can be a good alternative to longer term financing. In [...]
Don’t Let Financing Hurdles Stall Your Growth: What to Watch Out For Knowing what to expect and how to best prepare for your equipment financing application can help you get approved. In this article, we cover the 5 most common challenges we see during the application and funding process and [...]
What to Consider Before Buying Equipment from a Private Seller Before you invest in the necessary equipment for your business, exploring your options is always a good idea. Even for established companies, buying new isn’t always the most cost-effective solution. Pre-owned equipment can be just as reliable, at a fraction [...]
Tackle Fleet Management Head-On: Overcome the Biggest Challenges with Smart Solutions Fleet managers have been hit hard in the last year due to a variety of factors such as lower freight rates and higher gas prices. As your experienced equipment lender, we understand the challenges faced by the transportation and [...]
Drive Your Towing Business Forward: Proven Tips for Sustainable Growth Operating a towing business can be challenging. Calls come in at all hours of the day and night, customers aren’t always pleasant to deal with, and working in all weather, at all times of day and night, can lead to [...]
Dave Cashmore joined Blue Bridge in early 2021 as a Credit Manager and swiftly advanced to his current role as Senior Director of Credit. Drawing on his extensive credit expertise and deep understanding of risk management, Dave leads the credit team in structuring, underwriting, and managing the company’s portfolio. He plays a key role in designing credit programs that support business growth while maintaining a strong and resilient portfolio. Dave works closely with both the portfolio and sales teams to ensure credit decisions align with Blue Bridge’s strategic objectives and risk appetite. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science and Mathematics from SUNY Albany.
Janessa Brown joined Blue Bridge in September 2021 as a documentation specialist. Her commitment to efficiency and operational excellence led to her promotion to Senior Director of Broker Originations. In her current role, Janessa leads the broker originations team, overseeing relationships with brokers nationwide, driving the growth of broker-driven business, and continuously optimizing processes to improve performance and enhance service for our customers and partners.