11/20/2005

19 Ways to Raise Money for Your Business

To help you get your head around the different ways you can finance the growth of your business, Entrepreneur.com has compiled these mini-guides to raising money that cover basic information on the following 19 different financing sources.

1. Start-Up Financing
2. Equipment Leasing
3. Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)
4. Microloans
5. Asset-Based Loans
6. Bank-Term Loans
7. SBA-Guaranteed Loans
8. Private Loan Guarantees
9. 504 Loans
10. Royalty Financing
11. Federal Government Venture Capital
12. Angel Investors
13. Electronic Matching Services
14. Business Incubators
15. 401(k) Financing
16. Direct Public Offerings
17. Reverse Merger
18. Initial Public Offering
19. Institutional Venture Capital