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Kruse-Brady-Monlux Go MainStreet Finance “Thanks so much for your recent posting of the MainStreet
Finance Press Release,” John Kruse said in his e-mail.” We have been buried
with calls and interest pertaining to the different products that we
are starting to offer to the leasing market.
John Kruse Kruse is Vice President of Business Finance and Managing
Partner with MainStreet. He is very well-known in the leasing industry,
contributing both time and support to several leasing associations. He
presently serves on the board of directors of the United Association
of Equipment Leasing “There is definitely a strong interest in other forms of
finance products that these companies can market back to their existing customers
and prospects, “ he explains about his new company. ” There is
also an even stronger, obvious, interest in adding more profit to the
bottom line without adding any additional overhead. “The Company will be delivering their services through marketing
and service relationships with independent CPA firms, small banks, equipment
finance companies and manufacturers who focus on service to small business
owners. MainStreet is the brainchild of Jim Brady, Cliff Monlux and
Kruse, who together represent over 40 years of experience working in
the specialty finance market. MainStreet is exceptional in offering
access to several forms of financing from a number of different lenders
across the US through one highly efficient central service point. The idea is to help equipment leasing finance companies leverage
their marketing investment for more revenue and stronger client relationships,
introducing other products and acting as intermediaries for additional fee
benefit plus service to their customers. "Companies that
currently offer only equipment leasing and loans can now offer other
forms of financing to their lessee customers with minimum additional
cost and significant upside revenue potential,"
Kruse explains. With
their contacts, information, experience, MainStreet can increase yields,
fees, and help maintain their customer base by offering more financial services..
“l am very fortunate to be working with Jim Brady
and Cliff Monlux again,” Kruse
says.” It's refreshing to work alongside partners who you can trust and who's interest lies in creating quality
products that offer true value to the customer. Much like the early days of System 1.” System 1 was the software product and company name which
started in 1995, which took both the broker and small to medium lessor/discount
marketplace by storm. It was
first introduced for a nominal dollar amount at leasing conferences,
then part of a package for joining leasing associations, with the two
fold process of getting the first version out and working, and tying
companies into a yearly contract for maintenance plus upgrades. As the company developed
more “sophisticated programs, the company name changed in 1999 to CapitalStream.
The System 1 Software name changed to 'Advantage', as it is today.
The company was spun off to Jim Buckles, who manages it today.
Cliff Monlux and John Kruse started System 1 with Jim McCommon’s
company Beta number one (see the 1995 Picture from past above this
story). Kruse met Jim Brady
when he was at MetLife Capital where he purchased our System 1 product. After GE purchased and subsequently closed
MetLife Capital. Brady became vice-president of Marketing at CapitalStream.
Jim was at CapitalStream for approximately 2.5 years.
"MainStreet is all about finding credit for small business,"
said Jim Brady, Senior Managing Partner of MainStreet Finance. "We
work with our service partners, namely CPAs, banks and other channels
to define the credit needs of their clients and help them quickly find
and qualify for appropriate financing at competitive rates" added
Brady. MainStreet offers their channel partners the benefit of personal
advice and assistance in serving their clients as well as convenient
online access to information, qualification tools and application forms. "MainStreet represents an innovative approach to the
challenge of small business credit in a number of ways" said Cliff
Monlux, co-Senior Managing Partner of MainStreet. "Foremost is
the idea of using professional channels for more efficient access to
the small business client" added Monlux.
More about the management of this company, with telephone
numbers and other information is available at: http://www.mainstreetfinance.com/managementteam.php Jim Brady, Senior Managing Partner, can be reached at (866)889-6886 Ext. 230 John Kruse jfk@mainstreetfinance.com (425) 889-6886, ext. 224 |
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