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BEST SMALL BUSINESS
NATIONAL BUSINESS CAPITAL:
FINTECH FIRM FOSTERS FANTASTIC COMPANY CULTURE
BY JEFF BERMAN
Since 2007, Bohemia-based FinTech
firm National Business Capital has
been streamlining the application and
approval process for small-business
financing and has secured a total of
more than $1 billion in financing for
small-business owners to date.
At the same time, it has been fostering a
unique company culture and employee
experience for its staff of about 55 people
(and growing) that has resulted in
National Business Capital being voted
one of the top Long Island workplaces
in an Energage survey.
Being named a top Long Island workplace
again is an honor that “doesn’t get
old and it feels good,” Joseph Camberato,
the CEO and founder of National Business
Capital, said.
“We’ve got an amazing office atmosphere,”
he said. “We’ve got a great
culture. We’ve got a great team of people.
We’re just a cool, innovative, fun
company to work for. We have high
standards and accountability but mutual
respect as well too. And I think people
today want to have a fun environment to
work in but they also want to learn and
grow and be challenged as well.”
Frequent compliments among the several
employees who commented anonymously
about why they loved their jobs
at National Business Capital included
how much everybody works together
as a team and how it’s like working with
family and friends. Others pointed out
how much they liked being able to help
small-business owners. And others
praised the culture that has been created
at the company.
Noting that he has worked for National
Business Capital longer than at any
other company, John Salvador, a senior
business finance advisor who has
worked at the company nearly 10 years,
said: “I love a lot of aspects of working
for the company but it definitely starts
with excellent leadership. They have
built a company that helps you to succeed,
is passionate about the future and
is a fun place to work! They appreciate
everyone’s opinion and insights and
strive to take care of their employees. I
look forward to many more years!”
Jillian Crocker, National Business
Capital production manager, has
been with the company for six years.
When she joined the company in 2015,
Crocker was “looking for a change of
pace within my career,” she recalled.
“But what I found was so much more
than that,” she said, adding: “It became
wildly apparent to me after interviewing
with the company why I was not
satisfied with my previous places of
work, which can be summarized in
one word: culture.”
Over her time with the company, Crocker
has grown to become an “expert in
my craft and eventually gained the
privilege of becoming a manager here
to help my team do the same,” she said.
But “without the help of my team, expert
training, and the time and dedication to
teach me the necessary skills to succeed
here, I could have never done it myself,
which is a testament to the culture here
and one of our core values: teamwork,”
she explained.
Employees gain a “better quality of life
by working here and there is a huge
focus put on the hiring process to get
the right candidates in the right seats,
and the success of that process shows in
the great people that continue to work
here,” she pointed out.
Noting that the company has an entire
team which she joined that is focused
on culture, Crocker said: “My personal
favorite thing the culture team does
yearly is around Thanksgiving. Every
year the team gets together and builds
baskets of Thanksgiving dinners for
families in need and hand-delivers them
the weekend before Thanksgiving.
This simple act of helping and doing
something good and seeing the impact
you make fills me with so much joy and
pride for working at this company.”
She added: “How often can you say you
can get that kind of fulfillment from
your place of work as well as actually
enjoying what you do every day? I know
I couldn’t say that before working here,
and that is why I am a lifer here and I’m
sure I am not the only one.”
"We’re just a cool, innovative, fun company,"
says CEO Joseph Camberato.
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