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Secure your business’s future using the right SBA loan, bank loan or equity financing for you. When it comes to your chances of receiving financing and doing it right, Financing Your Small Business provides you with all the answers you need. It helps you find ways to combine various types of financing and shows you how to get the money you need. Learn:

How to get a bank loan
How to make a better presentation How to get attention with your business plan
How to choose professionals
How to value your business
How to determine your investors’ status
How to avoid securities law problems
How to find investors

From SBA loans to venture capital sources, Financing Your Small Business shows you all the ways to get the money you need.

Raising Money Just Got Easier.

Table of Contents

Introduction-
CHAPTER 1: Choosing the Form of Your Business -
Sole Proprietorship
Partnership
Corporation
Limited Liability Company
Nonprofit Entities
Joint Ventures and Corporate Partnerships
Registered Agents
Choosing the State in which to Form Your Business
Qualifications for Starting a Business
CHAPTER 2: Business Strategy, Planning, and Feasibility Analysis -
Strategy
Developing Strategy
Business Plan
Feasibility Analysis
Structuring Your Business Plan
Consultants vs. Do-It-Yourself
What the Experts Say
Summary
CHAPTER 3: Equity Financing -
Ownership
Corporation Equity
Warrants
Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Equity
Raising Capital in Stages
CHAPTER 4: Debt Financing -
Bank Loans
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Credit Cards
Home Equity Lines
Retirement Funds
Life Insurance Borrowing
Financial Brokers
Reverse Mergers
Factoring
Revenue Participation/Royalty Financing
Merchant Banking
SBIC Financing
Private Debt
Combining Equity and Debt Financing
CHAPTER 5: Securities Law -
Understanding Securities Laws
Brief History of Securities Laws
The Rise of Rule 506 of Regulation D
Disclosure Requirements
The Sale of Securities and the Issuer Exemption
Integration of Offerings
State Securities (Blue Sky) Laws
Notice Filings of Securities
Rule 504 and 505 Offerings
Regulation A Offerings
Follow-up and Closing an Offering
CHAPTER 6: Licensing and Franchising -
Licensing
Franchising
Business Opportunities
CHAPTER 7: Friends, Angels, and Venture Capital Sources -
Friends and Family
Angels
Venture Capital
What They Look For
Valuation
Angel Networks and Entrepreneurial Forums
CHAPTER 8: Presentations and the Language of Capital -
Content
The Presenter
Learning to Close and When
Declining Money
CHAPTER 9: Corporate Governance -
Registered Agents
Initial Reports
Annual Reports
Money and Accounting
Signing Documents
Bank Accounts
Corporate Governance for Corporations
Corporate Records
Corporate Governance for Limited Liability Companies
CHAPTER 10: How to Choose Professionals -
Attorneys and Accountants
Other Consultants
Sequence
CONCLUSION -
Endnotes -
For Further Reference -
GLOSSARY -
APPENDIX A: Business Plan -
APPENDIX B: Corporation Formation Documents -
APPENDIX C: Limited Liability Company Formation Documents -
INDEX

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