by Brenda Greenwell | Mar 13, 2014 | General Topics
Most of the time, we think of the world and our lives as a linear path. I was born and then all this stuff happened to me in sequence until I arrived at typing this blog post. For example, this is what my life would look like if that were reality: But that’s a...
by Brenda Greenwell | Mar 7, 2014 | Home Improvement
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Guest Post by Tim Thiel, Account Executive–North Region. Recently, I had the pleasure of presenting Medallion Bank’s no cost/no fee Home Improvement Lending program to a group of contractors through one of our manufacturer...
by Brenda Greenwell | Feb 25, 2014 | General Topics
Finding your niche in a vast home improvement market is easier said than done. It requires experience above all else to determine what you do best—better than the rest of the competition. Once you have a solid understanding of your specialty in your market, consider...
by Brenda Greenwell | Jan 27, 2014 | Home Improvement
In the last few years, the percentage of contractors relying on promotional finance options seems to have increased significantly. We haven’t done a study, but we recall the good ol’ days when promotional options were exactly that: promotional (and infrequent). ...
by Brenda Greenwell | Jan 17, 2014 | General Topics, Home Improvement
One of my favorite elements of the Medallion Bank work culture is the concept of “constructive tension”. Constructive tension is about designing the organizational structure in order to regularly have employees pulling against each other. At first blush, this sounds...
