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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 <i>Holy Grail.</i> 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 <i>Bootstrapping</i>, which is available to all aspiring and new entrepreneurs-if you have what it takes. With this book you will be able to: <ul> <li>Understand the challenge of financing a small business.</li> <li>Make sense of bank, SBA, or other "normal" financing.</li> <li>Demystify Venture Capital and Angel investing.</li> <li>Learn about Crowdfunding and other "creative" financing.</li> <li>Gain an understanding of "real" Bootstrapping.</li> </ul> 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 <b><i>Small Business Primer Series, </i></b> where a "Primer" is defined as <i>any book of elementary principles.</i>