Without capital, it is virtually impossible to start up your small business and to keep it running successfully.  You need funds to defray the one-time expenses so that you can open your doors and also to pay the ongoing expenses in the first months when you still are not generating enough revenue to pay for your expenses.



Later on you’ll need capital for a myriad of reasons, including but not limited to  getting better equipment, expanding the business, building up your inventory and introducing new products.

This tutorial is broken up into 15 lessons on the basics of going after capital, and putting together the requirements that lending institutions will be expecting from you.

What Is Business Financing

How To Start Looking For Financing

How To Grow Your Small Business

Factoring

How To Use Merchant Cash Advances In Small Businesses

Women As Entrepreneurs

Women In Business

Minority Financing

Funding Sources For Women In Business

Creative Funding For Your Small Business

Choosing The Right Lender For Your Small Business

5 Things To Make Your Start-up Successful

The 7 Major Types of Equity Financing

A Business Plan is Always Wrong

Loans Versus Grants – What You Need To Know

Do Small Businesses Really Need a Formal Business Plan?