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You have a great idea or maybe have started a company and need some capital to support your revenue growth. You think that the best source for the fund-raising will be venture capital or maybe an angel investment. You have mapped out your fund-raising strategy and are at the point of writing your business plan. You want to write a business plan that will succeed in bringing in the needed funds.

Have you ever received a Purchase Requisition or Order for a large amount and you had to pass, because you didn’t have the capital to pay your suppliers up front? Did your suppliers refuse to extend your line of credit with them to accommodate this order?

If youre still dreaming about raising outside capital for your business before you have any paying customers

If you’re selling products and services, one way of raising capital would be to help your customers get the money to buy your products. Think about this: If you sell a large piece of equipment that costs a million dollars, and your customer doesn’t have a million dollars, and your customer’s bank doesn’t want to give him a million dollars, you might have to come up with a financing alternative to help him get the money so you can make the sale.