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Rob Watts

Former Senior Editor
  • 10
    Years of experience
Ribbon Icon EXPERTISE
  • Startups and small businesses
  • Small business technology
  • Company formation
  • Project management
  • Brand building and management

About the author
Rob is a former Senior Editor at Bankrate.com. With over a decade of experience covering small business and tech content, Rob was passionate about giving readers the best possible information to help them make better decisions for their businesses.

Rob holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and Public Relations from the University of Scranton. Previously, he worked as an editor for Forbes Advisor where he built and grew the company’s small business content while broadening his knowledge of evolving reader needs.

Based in New Jersey, Rob enjoys spending time with his family, reading, watching movies and cooking.
Rob wants you to know
Starting a new business venture of any kind involves learning a lot of new things, and progress isn’t always linear. My goal is to break down complex and intimidating topics and educate readers on a wide range of subjects so that they can make the best possible decisions for their business and team.

Measure twice, cut one. Having a firm strategy to execute can reduce failure, costs, and headaches in a profound way.

— Rob Watts

Rob's latest articles

  • Fundible

    Fundible uses in-house financing and a network of partners with a goal to help small businesses that often get denied with traditional banks. Check out our Fundible small business loans review to learn more.

    9 min read Oct 13, 2026

  • Bank of America

    Bank of America offers a variety of business loans for established businesses with good-to-excellent credit. Check out our Bank of America business loans review for more information.

    9 min read Oct 13, 2026

  • Bluevine

    Bluevine offers a business line of credit to help business owners cover cash flow gaps and expand operations. Our Bluevine small business loans review has all the details.

    7 min read Oct 13, 2026

  • Fora Financial

    Fora Financial offers two types of business loans to business owners with minimum credit scores of 500 and above. Check out our Fora Financial business loans review for more information

    8 min read Oct 13, 2026

  • Fundbox

    American Express Business Blueprint offers business lines of credit to small business owners with fair credit. Our American Express® Business Line of Credit review has all the details.

    7 min read Aug 26, 2026

  • Fundbox

    Fundbox offers business lines of credit with flexible repayment terms of up to $150,000 for fair-credit borrowers.

    6 min read Aug 25, 2026