Christopher Hurn is an American writer, entrepreneur, and business executive who works primarily in the field of small business lending.[1] He is the founder and CEO of Fountainhead, a company that provides commercial real estate financing and growth capital for small business owners. He previously founded Mercantile Capital Corporation, a financier of owner-occupied commercial real estate and an Inc. 500 company. He served as CEO of that company prior to leaving in late 2014 to launch Fountainhead.[2]
Hurn is the author of The Entrepreneur's Secret to Creating Wealth: How The Smartest Business Owners Build Their Fortunes, a book that details financing for small business owners.[3] He is also a frequent media commentator,[2] appearing on Fox Business to discuss issues relating to small business,[4][5] and a regular contributor for The Huffington Post.[6] As an entrepreneur and small business owner, he founded Kennedy's All-American Barber Club which operates stores nationally in the United States.[7][8]
- ^ Finkelstein, Brad (23 February 2015). "Why This SBA Real Estate Lender Struck Out on His Own - Again". National Mortgage News. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ a b Burnett, Richard (28 July 2014). "Mercantile Capital co-founder steps down to pursue new business". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Book Awards - The Entrepreneur's Secret to Creating Wealth". Small Biz Trends. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Chris Hurn on Fox Business Channel January 2010". Fox Business. YouTube. 10 March 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Chris Hurn on Fox Business". Fox Business. YouTube. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Chris Hurn writing profile on The Huffington Post". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ Bower, Sean (21 December 2012). "Kennedy's All-American Barber Club cuts, snips and shaves through recession". Orlando Business Journal. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ Lee, Kenny (2019-01-23). "Call grows louder for SBA to tackle loan application backlog". Ecommerce Daily News. Archived from the original on 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2019-03-01.