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9 Ways To Raise Capital For Business by bizngr(f): 4:15pm On Feb 18, 2015
Raising Capital for business may seem to be one of the most difficult tasks in establishing a successful business. But raising capital for business or expansion isn't as difficult as many people think. Even though this is a challenge which may seem difficult to overcome, but there are several ways to overcome this.

Although there are so many sources to get capital for business, the process of accessing some of these funds is complex. In other words, every fund comes with its own advantages and disadvantages.

A research was conducted to unfold the feasible ways to raise capital for business as a result of the above point. At the end of the research, we are able to come up with the following:

Crowd Funding

Crowd funding can be described as the collective effort of individuals who pulls money together to support the ideas initiated by somebody. In other words, your business or project will be funded by the public. To use this method to raise money for your business, you need to do the following:

register at any good crowd funding site and create your profile
present your idea you want them to support
draw out the project plan and let them know the cost
tell a compelling story to convince the investors.
Once you do all the above listed points, provided you have good and acceptable business ideas, any member of the public who is interested will start to donate. To win the heart of more people to donate, share your success story backed up with evidences.

You can reward the people that support and contribute with your product or any other thing.

Equipment and Material Leasing

If your business has to do with manufacturing and you don’t have enough money to buy materials you can consider leasing to meet you business needs. All you need do is to look for supplier that will supply the materials, agree on the time the money will be paid which is always after the sale of the products. The money to be paid back may be higher than what is obtainable when you go to the market with your money.

Angel Investing

Angel investors are the well to do individuals especially entrepreneurs who provide money for a business start-up in exchange for business equity. They either donate once or ongoing support as the business is progressing.

Angel investing is one of the best ways to raise money for a business because most of the investors are successful entrepreneurs who know what it takes to take a business off the ground. So, they are more concerned with the success of the business rather than getting immediate huge profit from their investment.

It is advisable that you do your home work very well before choosing any of the ways to raise money for a business and determine which works for you.

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