Raising Capital

• Main Author: Vance, David E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Subjects: Business.; Entrepreneurship.; Economics.; Management science.; Macroeconomics.; Business and Management.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Economics, general.

Most small businesses cite lack of capital is a major constraint on growth. Raising Capital focuses on non-bank sources of capital since banks only lend to companies that fit a very narrow profile. The topics covered include: (i) capital sources entrepreneurs can tap when they are too small or unusu...

Table of Contents:

• Risk, Reward, Size and Time to Exit
• Self-Help, the Entrepreneur's Sources
• Banks
• Small Business Administration
• Asset Based Lenders and Factors
• Business Models, Business Plans
• Angel Investors
• Venture Capital
• Structuring the Deal
• The Pitch: Landing the Investor
• Securities Regulation
• Public Offerings
• Small Public Offerings
• Small Business Investment Companies
• Internal Sources of Cash
• Bonds
• Commercial Paper
• Other Financing Vehicles.