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- Financing Overview
- Why Financing is Important to Your Business
- Who Can Get Financing to Expand a Business?
- How Much Money Will You Need?
- Assessing Your Financial Needs
- Types of Funding
- Debt or Equity?
- Debt Financing
- What Do Debt Lenders Look For?
- Equity Financing
- Possible Source of Financing
- Private Sources
- Savings
- Friends and Relatives
- Debt Financing
- Banks
- Credit Unions
- Consumer Finance Companies
- Commercial Finance Companies
- Trade Credit
- Insurance Companies
- Factor Companies
- Leasing Companies
- Equity Financing
- Venture Capital Firms
- Closed-end Investment Companies
- Corporate Capital Sources
- Investment Clubs
- Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
- Private Investment Partnerships
- Combining Debt and Equity Financing
- Customers as a Source of Funds
- Government Sources
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC)
- Specialized Small Business Investment Companies (S-SBIC)
- Economic Development Commission (EDC)
- How Do You Actually Receive Funds From Financing Sources?
- Negotiating Financing
- Ten Rules of Negotiating for Financing
- Looking to Outside Sources for Financing
- Is Your Company Credit Worthy?
- Financial Information Required By Lenders
- What Type of Loan?
- Line of Credit
- Installment Loan
- Short-term loan
- Long-term loan
- Collateral
- Endorser, Co-maker, Guarantor
- Warehouse Receipts
- Floor Planning
- Purchase Money Security Interest
- Real Estate
- Accounts Receivable
- Inventory
- Savings Accounts and Certificates of Deposit
- Life Insurance
- Stocks and Bonds
- The Loan Agreement
- Limitations
- Covenants - Negative and Positive
- Negotiating with the Lender
- The Loan Application
- Venture Capital Financing
- What Venture Capital Firms Look For
- Size of the Venture Proposal
- Maturity of the Firm Making the Proposal
- Management of the Proposing Firm
- The "Something Special" in the Plan
- Elements of a Venture Proposal
- Provisions of the Investment Proposal
- Ownership
- Control
- Annual Charges
- Final Objectives
- Types of Venture Capital Firms
- The Importance of Formal Financial Planning
- Some Final Points
- Preparing a Business Plan & Loan Application
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