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BUSINESS
FINANCE
Three
Stages of Business Financing1
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Seed Capital
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Prototypes
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Research
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Test
Marketing
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Usual Source: Personal Funds
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Start-up Financing
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Equipment
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Supplies
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Inventory
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Deposits
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Operating Shortfalls
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Usual Source: Banks, SBA, Investors
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Growth Capital
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Add
Products or Markets
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Add
Personnel Expansion, Space and Equipment
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Usual Source: Investors, Banks and Venture
Capitalist
Sources of Funding
In
addition to the other sources of funds, companies in the business incubator
may have access to:
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| 1 Courtesy of the
Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, Mobile |
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