Financing a Small Business
Investors are usually savvy people, that’s how they got the money to invest in the first place!! They only want to put their money somewhere they are assured of a better return on it than in the Bank, or investing it on the stock market. It’s your job to persuade them you will make money for them. Do this by researching your market, and then producing a well thought out business plan. I have dealt with this in detail in the very first module of this course, but I recommend you reread this carefully now. When we studied it at the beginning of the course, you may have been new to management theory. Now you will see this advice in a different light. Please read all the modules listed on this page. Realistically a new business is not going to make a profit in the first year, or maybe even the second. So, you need to cover your running costs for that period, as well as the start-up costs. It is important to borrow enough, not only to meet the start-up costs, but also to...