Mike Strakhov

Head of professional services lending

Mike Strakhov is head of professional services lending at Live Oak Bank, the country's No. 1 SBA 7(a) lender (as of 2022). As head of professional service financing at Live Oak, he oversees the accounting and tax, insurance, and law firm lending teams. Reach him at michael.strakhov@liveoak.bank.

Practice management

New rules may make SBA financing easier

Changes to the Small Business Administration's SOP affect both accountants and their small-business clients.

By Mike Strakhov

October 9