How to Write a Promissory Note
Raising money from family or friends is easy capital. Just be sure to follow basic but important lending guidelines when making a binding agreement to pay it... Read more
Friends and Family Investment
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How to Pitch Your Business to Friends and Family
It's important to preserve relationships and protect everyone involved when tapping your family tree for funding. Read more
Trivial Pursuit Co-Inventor Chris Haney Dies
The high school drop-out exhausted his savings and suffered panic attacks en route to creating what Time magazine dubbed "the biggest phenomenon in game hist... Read more
How to Use Kickstarter to Launch a Business
Have a little idea that needs a boost? If you have a robust social network, this crowdfunding site could be just the thing to help. Read more
Structuring Funding From Your Family
How to get start-up funding from relatives that won't turn off potential venture capital investors. Read more
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Thanksgiving dinner or meeting of the board? When your family members are investors in your business, the lines get blurry. Read more
Big Love [Audio] 
When you're starting a company, it can be tempting to hit up friends and family for that much-needed first investment. But, oh, can it backfire. Staff wri... Watch video
Blood Money
Hitting up family and friends is the most common way to finance a start-up. It's also the riskiest. Read more
Funding From Family: A Recipe for Disaster?
Friends and family are a common source of initial investment, but their presence as shareholders can cause havoc when you try to raise additional capital. Read more
Where Do You Go?
Small-business expert and former Inc writer Tom Ehrenfeld discusses the various financing options entrepreneurs have in this excerpt from his b... Read more
Borrowing: Avoiding Problems with Family and Friends
A quick look at the pitfalls of borrowing from friends or family and how to avoid them. Read more
Borrowing: A Different Twist on Family Loans
A CEO explains how he was able to use some of his family members' assets for loans fairly risk-free. Read more
Three Steps to Borrowing from Family or Friends
Keeping the relationship professional is the key to successful borrowing from close acquaintances. Read more
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