Important Considerations in the Early Stages of Business Life
By Chris E. Talis

When starting a business in this most challenging environment, it is important that you use your resources as efficiently as possible. This will allow you to get through the difficult early stages of business life. It is best to try to do as much as you can on your own to raise capital, but also be wise with respect to seeking direction when it counts most.

Accounts Receivable Financing is a Route You May Want to Consider

By Carla Maria Dummerauf

Your cash is tied up, yet you are facing an opportunity you just can’t pass up, a chance to expand into a new market or a capital investment you need in order to conduct your business efficiently and effectively. But these are wild and crazy times. You can hear the snap of the leather as business belts are tightening; banks and financial lenders being no different. Everyone is cracking down on their extensions of credit, and tightening up on their lending windows. You wonder what alternative options are available to you to move forwards with your plans. Where can you turn before your golden opportunity slips through your fingers?

Small Businesses and Contractors Have Sources to Raise Financing to Launch a Part-Time Start-Up

By Chris E. Talis, CPA, MBA and Senior Partner at Hedgerow Mergers Acquisitions
 
An economy in turmoil, such as the one we are in today, creates tremendous challenges to raise capital: the life blood of any business operation. This has brought fear throughout the marketplace, which, in turn, creates further uncertainty. Government intervention has created some temporary relief, but will its programs spur a rebound and will its effects be felt in the near future? 

Using Bank Financing in your Home Business
By Nora Caley

If you need to borrow money to grow your business, there are certain advantages to bank loans. While your friends and family who loan you money or invest in your business might want to also give you advice or put certain conditions on the deal, a bank just wants to be repaid with interest.

When Times Get Tough, Raise Cash By Barter

By Nora Caley
 
If your business is low on cash, or if you hope to save some cash as you run your business, consider bartering.

How to Raise Start-Up Cash in a Recession
By Nora Caley

If you need to raise money for your start-up business, you will want to do it quickly. Set an ambitious goal for your new business, such as raising $25,000 in five days.

It’s possible. You might not make it to $25,000 after 5 days, but by following the steps in the article below, you will maximize your start-up funding potential.