Sources of Financing Tool Kit

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., –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.

Bootstrapping

Friends and family

Angels

Incubators

Venture capitalists

Commercial bank loans

SBA loans

Strategic partnerships