Business credit

A fundable profile separates owner liability from business liability — and unlocks the kind of capital personal credit alone won't reach.

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What is business credit?

A quick guide: what business credit is, the three bureaus, how to build it step by step, and the timeline to funding readiness.

Why it matters

What is business credit, actually?

Business credit is the credit file your companyowns with Dun & Bradstreet, Experian Business, and Equifax Business — separate from your personal FICO file. Built right, it lets you borrow against the business's history instead of leaning on your personal credit score every time.

Business credit is leverage

A fundable business credit profile separates owner liability from business liability — and unlocks 6× the capital you'd get on personal credit alone.

Most owners do it wrong

Random vendor accounts, no reporting strategy, no monitoring. After a year they wonder why no bank will touch them. The order matters.

We've sequenced it

Same playbook we'd hand a friend: which vendors to open first, which to skip, when to apply for the first card, when to push for a real line.

The roadmap

Four phases. Each one earns the next.

Free program. No card required. The phases below are the journey we'd walk a friend through — open them in order, or skip ahead if you're past a phase.

Phase 1

Foundation

EIN, D-U-N-S, business address, phone, website. The boring-but-required boxes lenders check before they'll even look at your file.

What you walk away with

  • Registered entity in good standing
  • D-U-N-S number issued
  • Business listed with the bureaus
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Phase 2

Tradelines

Open accounts with vendors that report to Dun & Bradstreet, Experian Business, and Equifax Business. Pay on time. Watch the file grow.

What you walk away with

  • 5+ reporting Net-30 vendor accounts
  • First D&B Paydex pull
  • Tradeline history with two of three bureaus
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Phase 3

Revolving credit

Stack business credit cards and short revolving lines on top of your tradeline history. Your file starts looking real.

What you walk away with

  • 2–3 unsecured business credit cards
  • First revolving line of credit
  • Paydex above 80, Intelliscore above 75
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Phase 4

Scale

Apply for the funding you actually wanted: SBA, real estate, equipment, working capital. Your file does the heavy lifting now.

What you walk away with

  • Funded line of credit ($50k+)
  • SBA pre-approval letter
  • Vendor relationships at Net-60 / Net-90 terms
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Not sure which phase you're in?

Four-question assessment pinpoints where you are + which package gets you to phase 4 fastest.

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Free program

Build it yourself — at no cost.

The free program walks you through each of the seven underlying steps — vendor library, application templates, progress tracking, the works. No upsell gates, no "unlock the next step" paywalls.

The paid assessment packages are for operators who want to move faster than DIY — calls, hands-on help with applications, and a direct intro to our Net-60 / Net-90 vendor relationships.

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