#14 Gerri Detweiler: Bouncing Back From Business Identity Theft (and Tips To Avoid It) Main Street Makers podcast

#14 Gerri Detweiler: Bouncing back from business identity theft (and tips to avoid it)

10d ago 35:45

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In this eye-opening episode, credit expert Gerri Detweiler offers lessons from when her personal and business identities were stolen simultaneously. Discover the financial (and emotional) impacts of having one's identity stolen — as well as practical identity theft protection tips. Plus, learn how personal credit can affect your business, why business credit matters, and steps you can start taking to build it today.

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Chapters

1. Personal and business identity theft (00:00:00)

2. How Gerri discovered the fraud (00:01:50)

3. Steps to recover after identity theft (00:04:00)

4. How common business identity theft really is (00:07:48)

5. Biggest risks small businesses face of having their business identity stolen (00:09:47)

6. Why monitoring credit matters (00:12:30)

7. Personal vs. business credit: What you need to know (00:15:00)

8. Gerri’s journey and why she joined Nav (00:18:03)

9. Top 3 tips to build stronger business credit from a credit expert (00:25:00)

10. Understanding tradelines (net-30, net-60, and others) (00:30:20)

11. Final advice for small business owners (00:34:04)

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