Financing
Finding financing to start and run a small business can be a challenging and daunting process. This selection of titles from the Career Center can help guide you as you navigate this vital component of establishing your business. Suggested web sites listed below provide access to other sources of information.
Print Resources
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital. David Nour. Praeger Publishers, 2009.
Career 658.15224 Entrepreneur's
Business Loans from Family and Friends. Asheesh Advani. Nolo, 2009.
Career 658.1522 Advani
Finding Money for Your Small Business. Kris Solie-Johnson. American Institute of
Small Business, 2007.
Career 658.1592 Solie-Johnson
Investors in Your Backyard: How to Raise Business Capital from the People You Know. Asheesh Advani. Nolo, 2006.
Career 658.1592 Advani
How to Get the Financing for Your New Small Business : Innovative Solutions from the Experts Who Do It Everyday. Sharon L. Fullen. Atlantic Pub. Group, 2006.
Career 658.15224 Fullen
How to Raise Capital : Techniques and Strategies for Financing and Valuing Your Small Business. Jeffrey A. Timmons. McGraw-Hill, 2005.
Career 658.1592 Timmons
The SBA Loan Book : Get a Small Business Loan--Even With Poor Credit, Weak Collateral, and No Experience. Charles H. Green. Adams Media, 2005.
Career 658.15224 Green
Bootstrapping Your Business : Start and Grow a Successful Company With Almost No Money. Greg Gianforte & Marcus Gibson. Adams Media, 2005.
Career 658.11 Gianforte
Raising Capital : Get the Money You Need to Grow Your Business. Andrew J. Sherman. AMACOM, 2005.
Career 658.15224 Sherman
Financing Your Small Business. Robert Walter. Barron's, 2004.
Career 658.15224 Walter
Online Resources
Small Business Reference Center - Accessible in the Career Center, the Reference Room, and remotely to Jones Library card holders, this database covers a range of information on small business financing, from reference books to journal articles and websites.
Infotrac General Business File ASAP - Accessible at the library or remotely with a C/W MARS library card. Use this database to analyze company performance, research all business topics, plus a directory of over 150,000 companies and investment reports.
Websites
Financing Basics - From the SBA, financing basics for small businesses.
Small Business Grants - While the federal government doesn't provide grants for business start-ups, this site can serve as a resource for finding grants from state and local programs in addition to private organizations.
Getting Financing for your Business - One of several business tools from the Business Owners' Toolkit.
Startup Financing - From Entrepreneur.com, find a variety of topics on different sources and types of financing for the small business.
Acción USA - A nonprofit organization that provides microloans and other financial services to low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs who are unable to access bank credit for their small businesses, with a New England office in Boston.
Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship - From the state economic development department, provides information for small businesses in Massachusetts, including links to information about financing.
Consumer's Guide to Buying a Franchise - From the Federal Trade Commission, this guide provides an objective look at the pros and cons of buying a franchise.
Franchising - Franchising may be a less risky alternative than some business start-ups. This site contains a wealth of information on franchising opportunities, and can be sorted by a variety of factors.