Financing a Business
Check in here to learn about finding investors and raising capital.
Resources online
Best databases
Best web links
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
- BusinessFinance.com
- Financial Assistance Resources from the Small Business Association
- Financing Information from the Minority Business Development Agency
Resources at the library
Books to check out
- Investors in Your Backyard: How to Raise Business Capital From the People You Know (Nonfiction/658.1522/Adv)
- Financing Your Small Business (Nonfiction/658.1522/Bur)
- How to Raise Capital: Techniques and Strategies for Financing and Valuing Your Small Business (Nonfiction/658.1592/Tim)
- All I Need is Money: How to Finance Your Invention (Nonfiction/658.1522/Lan)
- Financing the Small Business: A Complete Guide to Obtaining Bank Loans and All Other Types of Financing (Nonfiction/658.1592/Sis)
Books to use only at the library
- SBA Loans: A Step-by-Step Guide (Reference/R/658.1522/Oha)
- RMA Annual Statement Studies (Reference/R/657.3/Rma)
Urbana Incentive Programs
(http://champaign.org/financing/urbana_program.html)Find out about incentive programs for businesses provided by the City of Urbana including grants and loans for property construction, improvement, and rent subsidy.
Redevelopment Incentive Program
(http://champaign.org/financing/redevelopment_program.html)The City of Champaign offers the Redevelopment Incentive Program (RIP)which provides assistance for permanent building improvements, encouragement of residential development, and design work for new structures within the Downtown and East University Avenue Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Districts.
