Stuart Blake

Stuart Blake

Stuart Blake is vice president of sales and customer success at BlueVine, a leading provider of working capital financing to small and medium-sized businesses.

He leads a diverse team of 50+ to help businesses meet their financing needs. Before his four year tenure at BlueVine, Stu led training initiatives at OnDeck where he worked directly with a 180 person sales team.

Marketing, Brick-and-Mortar

The Business of Back-to-School: How Your Retail Business Can Make the Most of the Shopping Surge

August 14, 2019 at 3:59 pm

Every year, the beginning of August marks the start of back-to-school (BTS) shopping for students and their parents. With an average of $519 expected to be spent per child, according to Deloitte, the BTS season is second only to the Q4 holiday shopping season. BTS provides an enormous opportunity for even the smallest businesses to…

Management

How to Get Your Business Financially Ready for the Holidays in 5 Steps

November 21, 2018 at 3:30 pm

Having worked with small businesses for more than a decade, one thing is clear to me: holidays can be a big deal for entrepreneurs. For retailers, they’re the craziest and busiest time of the year. This year’s holiday season promises to be a big one. Holiday sales this year are expected to jump 5 percent…