Financing a Small Business


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An Innovative Borrower Gets The Law To Bend

An Innovative Borrower Gets The Law To Bend. Two years ago, Alfred H. Knief thought he had found a foolproof way to beat the high cost of borrowing from a ba...  Read more

A Dozen Ways To Borrow Money

To get bankers to open their pockets, you have to know their language. Here's a primer on the ways banks lend money.  Read more

Tips From A Banker

Tips From A Banker. Fewer than 10% of prospective borrowers come to a bank adequately prepared. And bankers haven't the time to dig for the facts they ne...  Read more

Venture Capitalists Made Money in 2003

Venture capitalists made money for the first time in three years during the last quarter of 2003.  Read more

Venture Capital Investments Keep Healthy Pace

Venture capital investments were strong during the first quarter of 2004.  Read more

Study Finds Entrepreneurs Not Likely to Hire

Entrepreneurial activity has increased, but most companies remain small.  Read more

VC Money for Start-Ups Continues to Dry Up

Report shows amount of investments in early-stage companies hit lowest level since 1980.  Read more

Angel Funding Dollars Rise, Deals Decline

Report finds angel funding still top source for start-ups, but market muddied by "tire-kickers."  Read more

Starting Up on a Shoestring

Starting Up on a Shoestring, Bootstrapping Article - Discover tips and strategies for launching your business with little or no money at all.  Read more

8 Tips for Managing Staff Through Hard Times

Maintaining your culture—not to mention morale—can be a challenge in the face of layoffs. So how can a manager get the best out of his or her people? Her...  View slideshow

Inside Goldman’s $500 Million Small Business Initiative

Dina Powell, the executive in charge of the program, fills in some of the details.  Read more

Venture-Backed MA Activity Continues Steady Climb

Number of deals rises for the fifth consecutive quarter.  Read more