Did you know that today, we're in an era of Crowdfunding, where anyone with an idea or a concept can reach out to a limitless number of people to ask for funds?

Are you aware of the many advances that have been made, in the way that you can conduct your business lately?

There is currently so much information available via the internet, that you can now do business and leverage affordable and sophisticated technology and tools via the cloud, which can even allow you to compete with the big guys.

Perhaps one of the biggest changes is how businesses finance their growth these days. Listen in (above) to find out more about what Susan calls the "Democratization of Lending."

Susan Solovic is a business expert, an entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author.