44. Venture Leasing:

Instead of venture capital, consider venture leasing, which is secured by equipment and doesn't require equity in the business.

45. Online Credit Search:

Online credit search services can often uncover creative sources of funding you may not have considered before.

46. Customer Financing: If a potential customer has a lot to gain from the existence of your business, ask them to finance your start-up.

47. Asset backed Loans:
Get a loan by putting up collateral, whether it's your home or existing business equipment.

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48. International banks:

Banks outside of Nigeria are often interested in profitable investments, and can benefit from exchange rate fluctuations.

The Chemical and Production industry is a wide industry with potential to engage the teeming youths.

ASSETS

Make your assets go to work for you, and find funding in places you probably haven't considered before.

49. Sell off excess Inventory:
Clean out your equipment cabinet with a fire sale to raise some extra cash.

50. Sell off excess Inventory:

If you have got expensive equipment that you don't really need to own outright, lease the equipment out to raise money.

51. Timeshare Equipment:

If you don't need access to certain pieces of equipment all of the time, share it with others for a cost.

52. Spread Out large Expenses:

Spend slowly, and you just might find you have more funds than you think.

53. Discounted Gift Certificates

Offer N5000 in free products for every N50,000 in gift certificates purchased, and you will raise capital while expanding your customer base.

Consumption >> Production

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54. Sell your Customer List:

Other businesses would love to be able to locate your customers, so sell them this information for funding. Just make sure you haven't specifically promised not to sell customer information.

55. Sell Office Space:

If you have got excess space, sell it or rent it out to another business.

56. Sell Intellectual Property:

If your business has unused patents or licensing, sell them off.

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Partnering Up
Use these ideas to get by with a little help from others

57. Strategic Alliance: Create a joint venture with a complimentary business to share costs and generate more business.

58. Merge:

Allow your business to be acquired by another, at a price of course.

59. Sell Shares to employees:
Your employees have more faith in your success than you think. Sell them shares, and you will not only generate funds, you will have harder working employees as well.

60. Capital Intermediary:

Get a capital intermediary to give you seed money and let them go when you' be reached maturity.

Consumption >> Production

61. Get a financial Partner:

Marry your idea with a partner's cash to raise funds, even if it's just a "silent" partner.

62. Use a partner's equipment:

Save money by partnering up to share space and equipment with another business.

Production is the action of making or manufacturing from components or raw material. In Nigeria, some of our raw materials for industrial uses are imported while rest are sourced locally. It's imperative to consider as a factor the source and availability of your raw material before production.

Handouts

Use other people's money to grow your business with contests and programs.

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Consumption means the amount of something that people and other entities use. It is also the process of using something, often so that there is less of it available afterward. The term may refer to the using of products and services in an economy, or how much of those goods and services people use. As a country, it's imperative to improve on our production services.