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Funding Fanatics Is Having A Terrific Beginning To 2009
Dialogue,
by Marty Orenstein
March/ April 2009


“Funding Fanatics, a highly specialized funding broker specific to independent staffing services referrals has signed nine contracts with asset-based lenders and A/R financing companies in the first two months of 2009".
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Advice I'd give a staffing service in order for them to increase their staffing business is:
Dialogue, Staff digest
by Marty Orenstein
May 2009


“While an owner of a staffing service, I experienced three economic downturns. I always practiced "the power of positive thinking" which was conveyed to our staff, clients and temporary workers.
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Adequate Capitalization = Maximum Equity
Dialogue
by Marty Orenstein
Spring 2007


“Short and sweet, what is the ultimate goal of every staffing company entrepreneur? To one day sell his/her business for the highest possible multiple!”
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Planning Now for Additional $$ Millions Later!
NACCB Monitor
by Marty Orenstein
Spring 2007


“Slowdown–lowdown; believe it or not, these ominous words were part of the headline that appeared on the front page of the “Wall Street Journal” in late October of 2006.”
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Staffing Facts
included in March 2nd, 2007 issue:

“Funding Fanatics, a highly specialized funding referral service serving the staffing industry excursively, completed the placement for funding of a $30 million East Coast IT contact placement firm. Marty Orenstein, CEO, stated, “We are excited to research and identify the various financial alternatives to meet the specific lending requirements of each of our clients. After 38 years in the staffing industry, it is still thrilling to witness the initial funding of each of our referrals.”

Staffing Facts
August 29, 2008


Spherion Corporation(NYSE:SFN) announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 29,2008.”
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Organic? Strategic?
by Marty Orenstein
April 2008


“Of course every staffing service strives to recruit the best sales-people, recruiters and placement managers.”
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M&A and Financing For Smaller Firms
NACCB Monitor
by Jack Lyons and Marty Orenstein
Fall/Winter 2007


“After many years of involvement in the IT Staffing and Consulting funding arena, we have found that the entrepreneurs of the small to mid-sized IT services that garner the highest multiples at time of sale are the owners that start planning their exit strategy in their current everyday dealings.”


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Height Of Ambivalence
The Pulse
by Marty Orenstein
Fall 2007/Winter 2008

"For a long time my interpretation of the height of ambivalence was "your mother-in-law going over a cliff in your brand new BMW"."

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Basement or Penthouse?
Staffdigest
by Marty Orenstein
September/October 2007

"As an independent funding referrer exclusively for the staffing industry, I am often puzzled by the staffing service owner's desire to explore the virtual universe of lending sources available to them.."

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Planning Now For Additional $$ Millions Later!
NACCB Monitor
by Marty Orenstein
Spring 2007


SLOWDOWN-LOWDOWN;Believe it or not, these omnious words were part of a headline that appeared on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in late October of 2006.”

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Staffdigest
Where Staffing Professionals Go For Answers
by Marty Orenstein
September/October 2007

"As an independent funding referrer exclusively for the staffing industry, I am often puzzled by the staffing service owner's desire to explore the virtual universe of lending sources available to them.."

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Price, Price, Price
Staffdigest
by Marty Orenstein
September/October 2006

"As I travel the country and continously speak with independent staffing service entrepreneurs, the compliants that I hear most are the predatory pricing being extended by the nationals and how best do we compete against them."

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How Soon We Forget
NACCB Monitor
by Marty Orenstein
Summer 2006

"During the IT staffing industry turndown that began after Y2K and was further affected by the events of 9/11 and the subsequent negative economy, it was amazing how many times I heard entrepreneurs of IT staffing/consulting firms utter "if I survive this turndown I will never go through a period like this again"."

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