Sam Thacker

Sam Thacker is a partner in Austin Texas based Business Finance Solutions . He has spent the last 16 years in the banking and finance industry as a commercial lending officer, banking consultant and advocate for small business financing. He has originated over $400 million in loans to hundreds of businesses in many industries. Sam has been on the financing end of numerous businesses over his banking career.

Sam is a nationally respected working capital finance professional and writer.

In addition to helping small companies obtain working capital financing using a variety of assets, Sam writes a widely read finance column which appears three times a week in many traditional and online news outlets throughout the United States. He writes about the challenges of small business finance, accounting, and best business practices.

He has been praised by readers for his ability to explain a complicated financial concept in easy to understand terms.

Sam also writes a once a month business column for the Austin Business Journal .

Sam regularly teaches classes at Texas State University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) on financing small businesses, financing government contracts, and other topics of interest to small businesses.