FINANCING YOUR NEW OR GROWING BUSINESS:
How to Find and Raise Capital for Your Venture

Rudolph P. Lamone, Professor and Chairman, Board of Advisors Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship University of Maryland says: “Alterowitz and Zonderman provide a comprehensive map to the world of entrepreneurial finance . For anyone trying to start or grow a business, the book cuts through the complexities of new venture capital financing and delivers pragmatic, useful advice to entrepreneurs.”

Need Money? Raising capital is not a simple quest, however FINANCING YOUR NEW OR GROWING BUSINESS is the ultimate guide on finding and raising capital.

FINANCING YOUR NEW OR GROWING BUSINESS book teaches you how to get the gold, starting with how to create a strategic marketing strategy, all the way to contracts and agreement structures and how to involve the “right” attorneys. Ralph Alterowitz tells you which government agencies and organizations can help your efforts. And he will give you insight into the cash havens available for businesses and start-ups!

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ...

• “It’s the map to the money in the new post-dotcom era.”

• The “Dot Bomb” is fresh in everyone’s mind and finding venture money is like finding diamonds in your own back yard. Ralph Alterowitz saw the opportunity to help entrepreneurs get venture capital funding through alternative sources including “Angel” investors, those precious money niches in the new economy.

• “If you need (venture capital), start with the keys to the vault, start with this book today.”

• Richard Howe, President (retired) Pennzoil Corp. says: ‘A very timely “cookbook” for entrepreneurs seeking financing in this post-dotcom environment.’

• Neal Peirce, Washington Post Writers Group and Author states: “Entrepreneurial opportunities and the American dream – they’re one and the same. And, they can be real – for anyone. Even if you think you lack the cash and contacts to start. With its arrays of smart strategies, this book lights the way.”  

Inside the book ...

This book is filled with many gems and nuggets of information. Any one of which can quickly repay the small price you will invest in this survival guide.

• Venture Leasing
• How to Make a Strategic Marketing Plan in Order to Get Cash
• Licensing Your Technology, Product or Process
• Qualifying the Prospective Angel
• The 5 C’s of Credit
• Incubators and Accelerators
• State and Local Funding Sources
• Six Questions to Ask a Potential Factor
• Business Financing Scams
• Click to Download the Table of Contents and Introduction from the Book

With each round of adversity, the venture capital industry has instituted new measures to improve its success rate and manage risk more effectively. The result is that companies funded by venture capitalists today have a higher probability of success than those funded 20 years ago. And with the information and options in this book, you can assure your business success, by finding capital matching your company’s profile and business plan .

Authors' Note

FINANCING YOUR NEW or GROWING VENTURE

Most entrepreneurs think their venture is going to make them rich. But the reality of entrepreneurship, including the often difficult tasks involved in accessing capital, often dampens their dreams.

In our new book, we explore myriad ways for entrepreneurs to find and capture the green, from borrowing from or selling stock to friends and family to creative use of  credit cards, factoring accounts receivable, and use of federal and state loans, grants, and tax incentives.

This book is about venture funding in the real world, the world beyond the snazzy offices of Sand Hill Road, the world where mom and dad and the guy who sells supplies on credit are the venture capitalists, the world most entrepreneurs really inhabit.

About the Authors

Ralph Alterowitz has been an innovator in developing entrepreneurial curricula for the graduate business programs at The Johns Hopkins University. He is president of Venture Tech Corporation, an international consulting company focusing on new ventures and technology partnerships. His client list includes IBM, Booz•Allen & Hamilton, W.R. Grace and Co. and companies in Europe and Asia. MORE...

Jon Zonderman is a freelance writer specializing in business, who has authored or co-authored and ghost written over 40 books. He lives in Orange, Connecticut.

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