{"id":38268,"date":"2024-12-20T09:12:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T09:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/?post_type=surveys&#038;p=38268"},"modified":"2024-12-20T14:56:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T14:56:34","slug":"swoop-state-of-business-survey-2024","status":"publish","type":"surveys","link":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/surveys\/swoop-state-of-business-survey-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Swoop State of Business Survey 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There is huge optimism about the future of the economy, but work needs to be done on getting the right help to the businesses that need it<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Each year, we survey our SMB customers to find out what matters to them, how they feel about the current and future state of business in North America and where they see the next year going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The report highlights the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Generally more optimism than RoW results last year <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing cash flow is a big challenge for business owners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traditional banks are being edged out by family\/ friends and online lenders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Broadly, this snapshot of SMBs in North America suggests a very positive attitude, though there are still opportunities for business owners to be better informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-State-of-Business-Canada-2024.pdf\" rel=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-State-of-Business-Canada-2024.pdf\">Download the Swoop 2024 State of Business Survey here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38267,"template":"","class_list":["post-38268","surveys","type-surveys","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24.png",789,636,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24-300x242.png",300,242,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24-768x619.png",768,619,true],"large":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24.png",789,636,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24.png",789,636,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24.png",789,636,false],"image_blog":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24-408x252.png",408,252,true],"image_podcast":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24-397x298.png",397,298,true],"image_banking":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24-25x20.png",25,20,true],"image_blog_internal":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24-789x480.png",789,480,true],"image_blog_medium":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24-789x500.png",789,500,true],"image_single_banking":["https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/Swoop-state-of-business-survey-24-80x64.png",80,64,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>There is huge optimism about the future of the economy, but work needs to be done on getting the right help to the businesses that need it Each year, we survey our SMB customers to find out what matters to them, how they feel about the current and future state of business in North America and where they see the next year going. 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