Policy Areas: Financing

Many challenges face the new entrepreneur, equipped with a good idea and a desire to grow a business. Even if he or she does have enough knowledge about the industry and its managerial commitments there may still be a major bump in the road to success - financing. Without the appropriate influx of capital at the right times even a brilliantly planned business can fail. The most visible, and sought-after, form of financing is venture capital. More often than not, however, seed money and start-up capital comes from friends and relatives, personal credit cards, government backed loans and grants, and an increasing number of angel investing groups.

Issues include:

• Bankruptcy

• Venture Capital

• Angel Investing

• Micro-Lending

• Insurance

• Securities

• Financial Privacy

• Banking/Bank Consolidation

• Transfer Pricing

CRS Issue Brief for Congress

• Major Financial Services Legislation: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: An Overview
  by F. Jean Wells and William D. Jackson, Congressional Research Service

• Economic Development Administration: Overview and Administration
  by Bruce K. Mulock, Congressional Research Service

Articles & Reports

• The Impact of Bank Consolidation on Small Business Credit Availability

• An Exploration of a Secondary Market for Small Business Loans

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Useful Resources

• Business Finance Magazine - Corporate Finance

• American Enterprise Institute - International Trade and Financing

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POLICY AREAS

E-Commerce

Entrepreneurship Education

Financing

Intellectual Property

Minorities

Regulatory Burdens

Stock Options

Tax System

Technology Transfer

Women

Worker Benefits

Workforce Training