How-To Understand Finance and Financing Options - for small business
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the U.S. Small Business Administration." Content briefly describes the following three methods of raising capital: The issuance and/or sale of debt; The issuance and/or sale of equity; and asset-based lending.This is a good source of information on a variety of financing sources. Specific content covers: Debt (Borrowing Money, Credit Cards, Bank Loans, Line of Credit, SBA Loans, Personal Loans); Equity (Getting Investors, Venture Capital, Angel Investors, SBIC Small Biz Investment Co's, Private Placement, IPO Public Offering); and Creative Financing (Other Sources of Money, Friends & Family, Customers & Suppliers, Factors, Inventory Financing, Strategic Partners, Convertible Debt, Equipment Leasing). Site has links to much other relevant information. The site is maintained by Idea Café, Inc.
Start Me Up: Financing Your Small Business
This site is maintained by Intuit, Inc. and provides an overview of different approaches for financing a small business in it's early stages. The content covers micro loan programs, advances from suppliers, credit card advances, home equity loans, and loans from family or friends. Links are provided for searching for the best credit card rates and researching home equity loans.