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What Do You Do If You Have a Great Concept But Need Funding

You have a new “Concept” or “Idea”.  Congratulations!  Now what do you do?

If the acquisition of capital is your primary goal for your business, then let’s take a step back and see what you need to do.

Many entrepreneurs become so excited with their New Concept they mentally start banking their money – but oops, they don’t have any money.  No problem. They’ll shop their great new concept to the highest bidder, get enough to pay-off their debts, hire the necessary personnel to run the new piece of business and still have a healthy operating budget.  Sounds doable, right?   

And Why Not?  It seems you read about these kinds of successes all the time, don’t you!? 

While you should “never say never”, the reality of the odds playing out, as described above, are right up there with winning the national lottery.  The good news is there are ways to better those odds.

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First off, don’t write off the smaller banks too quickly.  A number of small banks have funds available and are often more willing to loan them, but you need to have been in business for over two to four years, depending upon the  lending institution, and show proven profitability.  It isn’t easy, but if you have a sound company with a good plan you may be able to secure those needed funds.

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The ARC loan is becoming even harder to get, and what loans are being granted are to a much smaller community of small businesses than the stimulus money was designated to serve.  However, the great help to your business makes it still worth the effort to do your best to get one.   Don’t take no for an answer – get creative!

What Banks are Making these Loans?

 

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The following is an article from the Jul 8, 2009 Inc. Newsletter by Keaton Gray 

Critics say the $35,000 loans aren’t enough to help the vast majority of small businesses, while lenders grumble over the paperwork.

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