1. Sources of Financing Tool Kit

2. General sources of information Useful web Sites Inc. Magazine > vFinance.com, Inc. > –Publicly-owned financial services company that provides investment banking and brokerage services to later-stage private firms, public companies and high net worth investors. Price Waterhouse Coopers Entrepreneur Resource Center. New York: Price Waterhouse Coopers. > –Includes advice on getting venture funding and other sources of capital. Includes information on setting a value on a venture and on business plans. Useful books Bernstein, Michael C. Raising Capital: The Grant Thornton LLP Guide For Entrepreneurs. Chicago: Irwin Professional Pub., 1996. –Guides entrepreneurs to the various financing sources that are available. The Corporate Finance Sourcebook. New York: McGraw-Hill. Annual. –Lists various types of financing sources from commercial banks to venture capitalists.

3. Bootstrapping

4. Friends and family

5. Angels

6. Incubators

8. Venture capitalists

10. Commercial bank loans

11. SBA loans

12. Strategic partnerships