This article describes the differences between venture capital and private equity.

There are more than 20 sources of funding for a business venture or idea that is cash strapped. From bootstrapping to taking your company public through an IPO (Initial Public Offering) you can take a company from the garage to Wall Street.

Think back to just a few short years ago, banks were on a lending spree, corporate lines of credit were being issued in record volume and companies were able to raise equity and debt capital with reasonable ease; then came the banking crash which unfortunately brought on an entirely new group of scams preyed on the innocent and naive small business owner which damaged the economy that much more. Scams such as platform based funding, banking instrument collateralized lending, shelf corporation scams and on and on.