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  Decide how much money you will need. This depends on the type of business you plan to run, and you may also need time to run your business before you turn a profit. Figure out how much of your startup funds can contribute to your daily living expenses until you are able to earn a steady income. Your monthly living expenses should be combined with variable expenses like food and clothing for a period of six months and presented in your business plan.

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  Determine the type of funding. Once you know how much money you will need to run your business you need to choose the best way to get that money. Many entrepreneurs with excellent credit should begin with a trip to their bank to meet with a loan officer.

  Other options for startup business needs include:

  Commercial Financing. These loans assist with the financial needs of a new business, including working capital, inventory purchases, account receivables and payroll. Commercial finance loans usually require some assets to stand as collateral.

  Real Estate Financing. These loans are provided to assist with the new construction or the purchase of a building for your book.

  Equipment Leasing. This financing assists with the purchase of equipment needed for the business.

  Small Business Association Loans. Though the SBA won't give you a loan, they do help guarantee a loan using funds provided by the U.S. government to provide working capital for small businesses. There are a variety of programs available, but you still need to get a loan from another funding source.

  Credit Cards. Many businesses are built on credit, but you have to tread cautiously here and be careful not to ruin your credit by overspending.

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  Find an outside investor. From a "real" investor to family and friends, explore other routes of financing to help get your business off the ground.

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Hi BYTRADE,

Cool post and thanks for all the start up funding insight and advice.  One type of funding that you did not mention which I think is a pretty cool route to go is crowdsourcing.  It is a small business trend that is slowly gaining in popularity.  There are many websites that our now allowing people to secure loans by connecting them with other people that want to make an investment or just happen to like an idea.  Micro lending is now becoming a viable option for many start ups.

A great execution on funding for a business startup, but whatever the need may be while borrowing money you must be careful and think about if it is the right decision. You need to judge how borrowing money can affect your finances in the future.

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Nice article but please change Small Business Association to Small Business Administration.  

Also another source of funding is through micro loans.  A source to find them by county is www.businessloanfunds.com

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Whenever you want to start your own business money is the main important thing. If you have enough money then you can easily start your business.