Small Business Bootstrapping: And Other Alternative Ways to Finance Your Small Business - Paperback

by Bob Foster (Author)

Financing a new small business is usually the most difficult part of starting a business. Trying to find money to start a business often feels more like searching for the Holy Grail. Although there is no simple solution, Small Business Bootstrapping provides a basic guide through the maze of financing options available-from "normal" business financing sources to alternative and creative sources. Foster's book pays particular attention to the financing model of Bootstrapping, which is available to all aspiring and new entrepreneurs-if you have what it takes. With this book you will be able to:

• Understand the challenge of financing a small business.
• Make sense of bank, SBA, or other "normal" financing.
• Demystify Venture Capital and Angel investing.
• Learn about Crowdfunding and other "creative" financing.
• Gain an understanding of "real" Bootstrapping.

All of this is from the entrepreneur's point of view-not from the banker's, investor's, or academician's lofty views. This book is one of Foster's Small Business Primer Series, where a "Primer" is defined as any book of elementary principles.

Author Biography

About the Author Bob Foster is a successful entrepreneur and CEO, with several decades of hands-on experience in starting businesses, turning businesses around, and consulting with businesses from the smallest of small businesses, up to Fortune 100 companies. Foster's background is eclectic, as it runs from the assembly lines of Detroit to the wheat fields of Washington State, and from the fishing grounds of Alaska and Mexico to the high-tech world of the "Silicon Forest." In every case, whether as consultant, CEO, or board member, Bob brought his pragmatic-and often controversial-approach to solving business problems. Along the way, Bob gained a reputation for saving companies that were deemed unsalvageable. Now devoted to helping aspiring entrepreneurs and new small business owners, Bob's goal is to fan the flames of the entrepreneurial spirit, and to encourage and nurture the entrepreneur in us all. You can read Bob's complete Bio here: http: //www.business-solutions-and-resources.com/bob-foster.html