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When Austin Sperry and Bick Brooks co-founded Maritime Partners in 2015, the pair had a plan to build a "world class maritime leasing business." But there was one problem: they had trouble convincing a bank to lend them the money to purchase their first boat. "In the summer of 2015, we sourced our first deal, a 2,000 hp. towboat named the Rex Dobson, and paired it with a long-term charter," said Sperry, chief operating officer for the company. "Along the way, we received 53 rejections to our proposal from every major, regional and local bank you can think of, and some you have never heard of before." |