The Funding Secret Most Small Business Owners Don't Know About And How It's Changing the Game with Jake Lerner

Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas

Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Jake Lerner has served as Chief Revenue Officer for Revenued since 2020. He oversees all sales channels and focuses on growing our direct to consumer initiative in addition to building relationships with Strategic Partners and innovating new products. Prior to Revenued he was the President of Vantage Capital and spent 4 years with Fora Financial.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Access to capital is often easier than entrepreneurs think; the real barrier is misunderstanding the options and timelines.

2. Revenue-based funding shifts the focus from personal credit scores to actual business performance and cash flow.

3. The right funding strategy isn't about the cheapest option; it's about aligning capital with your business model and growth goals.

Check out Jake's website. Fill out the form and get working capital for your business quickly - Revenued

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0:00.0	Boom, shake the room, Fire Nation.
0:05.0	JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, brought to you by high level, the all-on-one
0:09.9	sales and marketing platform.
0:11.7	Today we'll be breaking down the funding secrets most small business owners don't know
0:15.3	about and how it's changing the game.
0:17.7	And to drop these value bombs that are brought to Jake Lerner and to EO Fire Studios,
0:21.0	Jake has served as chief revenue officer for Revenued since 2020. He oversees all sales
0:26.7	channels and focuses on growing the direct-to-consumer initiative in addition to building
0:31.4	relationships with strategic partners and innovating new products. Prior to Revenue, he was the
0:36.2	president of Vantage Capitalismet
0:37.6	four years with four of financial. And today we talk about the funding gap, myth-busting,
0:42.7	revenue over credits, real growth story, the first step to capital and to owe so much more.
0:47.6	And a big thank you for sponsoring today's episode goes to Jake and our sponsors.
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