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The Small Business Advancement Center at the University
of Central Arkansas provides a number of information sources available free
to entrepreneurs and small business owners. One of the services is
to make available papers on topics of interest. The paper available
at this website is entitled "The ABCs of Borrowing" and is taken from the
U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Business Development, "Management
Aids," Number 1.001. The paper discusses the fundamentals of obtaining
a loan. It deals with credit worthiness, kinds of loans, amount of
money needed, collateral, loan restrictions and limitations, the loan application,
and standards which the lender uses to eveluate the application. The
paper includes typical questions asked by a bank loan officer and suggestions
for preparing for a loan request.
Accel Partners is a private venture capital firm
which invests in entrepreneurial companies it believes can be leaders of
selected technology-driven markets. With a capital base of over $500 million,
the firm states that it is able to consider virtually any size project.
Investors, who will sometimes participate in the firm's financings, include
international financial institutions, corporations, other venture capital
firms and entrepreneurs.
http://www.ace-net.sr.unh.edu./pub/
The Angel Capital Electronic Network, also known as ACE-Net,
is an internet listing service for qualified, high-wealth investors and
for small companies that are seeking equity capital. ACE-Net is sponsored
by the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy and helps
companies that need $250,000 to $5 million find capital. The SBA established
the ACE-Net service because funding in this range is not large enough to
attract typical venture capital investors.
http://www.businessfinance.com
Site will try to find capital sources to match your needs.
Also offers e-mail newsletter, guide to formulating funding proposal.
The Business Finance Center from GetSmart matches business
owners with prospective lenders. Users select the type of financing
they want, such as line of credit, equipment, business, real estate loan,
or accounts receivable financing, and fill out the web site's "SmartMatch"
application - a short test that records loan preferences and business and
credit history. The SmartMatch information is then used to generate
a list of appropriate lenders from GetSmart's 14-member database for small
businesses. According to information provided by PC Magazine (9/22/98,
p. 40), potential lenders will then contact the business owner by phone.
Offers second-round funding.
Cashblazer.com offers a highly efficient marketplace for
business financing. Our intermediary services are available for all businesses,
regardless of size, financial condition, location, or length of operation.
The Chase Manhattan Small Business Leasing site lets you
apply through its site for an equipment lease. If your request is
under $35,000, chase will make a decision in 5 minutes.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson considers itself a leader in the
start-up venture capital business, having invested in over 150 high-tech
companies. In the majority of cases, it is the lead investor for a company's
first round of financing. Its role is to help entrepreneurs achieve
their maximum potential through contacts, advice, and support. By pursuing
a people-focused, back-to-basics, early-stage approach to venture capital
investing, the firm wishes to fund entrepreneurs with the energy, vision,
experience, and desire to build great companies.
http://www.financehub.com/welcomef.html
FinanceHub -- Perceiving a great need for some organization
of information on the web, ISS chose to focus on the area of things financial:
banks, stockmarket, online commerce, law, and most particularly the domain
of venture capital. And so, in Jan 1995, InterSoft Solutions created and
launched the FinanceHub. Since then, the FinanceHub has developed a good-sized
following: 14,000 visitors in October 1996, averaging nearly 500 visitors
per day. The FinanceHub has been and remains a freely accessible, fast-access,
no-registration, no-fee, (no-junk-mail) website. Warning: Sticky
site
This web site offers to connect entrepreneurs needing
financial assistance with investors. The site also offers articles
of interest to high tech investors and entrepreneurs.
Herring Communications, Inc. is a San Francisco-based
media company specializing in high-level business information on technology
and entertainment. The company delivers this information to a worldwide
audience of executives, entrepreneurs, and investors via three media: print,
an Internet-based information service, and industry conferences. Herring
Communications currently manages The Red Herring and HITS magazines, Red
Herring Direct, and the Venture Market and Web Market conferences.
The Insurance Information Institute is the nonprofit trade
organization which sponsors this web site. It provides information
on various types of insurance (auto, home, business, accident, etc.) and
on companies offering them.
This web site provides information on obtaining a small
business loan.
The Mayfield Fund has a history of partnership
with entrepreneurs. It states that it has more than $700 million of
capital under management and has invested in over 300 companies that today
represent a market value exceeding $30 billion.
http://www.mertz.com/index.html
Mertz Associates considers itself a leading independent
merger and acquisition consulting firm in the Midwest. It has participated
in well over 100 transactions during the past 15 years. Mertz Associates
has conducted searches and sales for many leading companies--both Fortune
500 and small, privately owned companies. It works on a project basis
and assists its clients professionally, confidentially and knowledgeably.
Typical transactions range in size from $1 million to $50 million.
This web site offers advice, contacts, and business planning
templates from Money Hunt, a PBS program devoted to entrepreneurial finance.
The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) was founded
in 1973 and is comprised of approximately 200 professional venture capital
organizations. It is organized to broaden the understanding of the importance
of venture capital to the vitality of the United States economy. NVCA
also works to stimulate the flow of equity capital to emerging growth and
developing companies.
Oak Investment Partners is a venture capital organization
with three areas of investment focus: information technology, healthcare,
and retail. It targets experienced, entrepreneurial management teams that
are resourceful, disciplined, and motivated by appropriate incentives.
Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ Entrepreneur Resource Center is comprehensive. Besides Venture Capital industry statistics the site includes the NextWave newsletter, downloadable templates for business plans, a guide called “The three Keys to Obtaining Venture Capital”, and access to a glossary of financial terms.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) offers a
number of guaranteed loan programs designed to meet the needs of entrepreneurs
and small business. The SBA reduces risk to lenders (primarily banks)
by guaranteeing major portions of loans made to small businesses that demonstrate
the ability to repay the loan. It thus enables lenders to provide
financing to small businesses when funding is otherwise unavailable on reasonable
terms.
http://www.youngentrepreneur.com
The Startup-Zone, a data-base of start-ups as well as
information on getting an e-business off the ground. Is also branching
out into connecting entrepreneurs with investors
Lets you make your pitch to potential investors using
its “Elevator Pitch” service. Site recommends that you ask for no more
than two years of needed capital.
Venture Associates provides information on Initial
Public Offerings-IPOs, Venture Capital, Business Plans and Planning, Small
Business Financing and Books, Private Offerings (Reg D, SCOR & Internet),
Financing Sources, and Venture Capital Clubs. Twenty five years of business
oriented networking has enabled Venture Associates to assemble a variety
of knowledgeable, hands-on, experienced individuals who cross over a broad
range of management disciplines. Experts and specialists are accessible
for almost any business or industry need from the concept rationalization
stage to maturity disbursement.
An online exchane of services and equity; helps develop
business plans; figure out how to raise capital and plans to expand.
Also posts industry news.
The Venture Capital Resource Library offers free tax,
legal,and strategic information. A free business plan template is available
for downloading. The plan can be submitted via a form to obtain advice
from the web site operators.
http://www.ventureeconomics.com
When you need accurate and comprehensive private equity
information, you can rely on Venture Economics, a division of Thomson Financial
Securities Data (TFSD). Institutional investors, venture capital firms,
investment banks, consulting firms, and notable media circles have identified
Venture Economics as the indispensable source for accurate, complete, and
timely coverage of investment, exit and performance activity in the private
equity industry. Our unparalleled coverage of firms, funds, and companies
is frequently sourced to support today's headlines in The Wall Street Journal,
The Red Herring, Forbes, The Industry Standard and other media outlets.
Venturescape is a B2B portal for venture capital &
high-tech start-up communities. Site will post your profile where
potential partners and investors can review it. Also a job board where you
can recruit prospective employees. Site’s secure GateKeeper section
can store your business plan and allow only serious investors access to
it.
Venture Planning Associates sponsors this Guide to Financing
Any Project. Venture Planning Associates offers to assess client needs and
provide everything from do-it-yourself outlines and checklists to the professional
document preparation and guidance required for bank, government or private
financing. Its computer models for business development have been
accepted by investors, venture capital firms, major banks,and private investment
groups and used to successfully finance numerous projects.
Founded in 1995 with the primary goal of assisting female
business owners in acquiring capital, Women Incorporated (WI) has 30,000
members and is affiliated with 40 other groups. WI has built a multi-billion
dollar loan pool through relationships with a number of banking institutions.
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