Fund Your Business
Need money to start or grow? Figure out how much, learn your real options, build business credit, and find the right lender.
- Figure out how much money you actually need: Before you look for a dime, know your number. Ask for too little and you stall out; ask for too much and you're paying interest on money…
- Know your funding options: There's more than one way to fund a business, and they're not equal. Most small businesses run on savings plus a loan — investors and…
- Build business credit (before you need it): Business credit is your company's own reputation with lenders — separate from your personal credit. Build it early and quietly, and when…
- Where the money actually comes from: The big bank isn't your only door — and often not the best one for a small or young business. Between community lenders, SBA-backed loans,…
More playlists on money
- Cash is Tight This Week: Collect what's owed and raise your floor — two moves that buy you breathing room fast.
- Money Basics: New to the money side? Start here — separate your accounts, see what's really happening, and price so you actually get paid.
- Take Control of Your Money: Got the basics handled? Go further — know your numbers cold, build a cushion, and keep more of every dollar.
- Get Funding-Ready: Turn a nervous ask into an approval: know what lenders check, understand SBA loans and grants, and steer clear of the money that sinks businesses.
- Taxes, Demystified: The thing everyone dreads, in plain English. What you owe, when it's due, and how to keep it from biting you.
- Scale Up Your Business: Ready to grow bigger? Know when you're truly ready, fund it without sinking, add capacity without breaking, protect your profit, and build systems so it doesn't all rest on you.
- Buy or Sell a Business: Grow by buying instead of building, weigh a franchise, or plan the exit that pays you back. Vet a deal, value and fund it, and get your own business ready to sell.
- Protect & Recover From Disaster: A flood, hurricane, fire, or storm closes more small businesses than any recession. Prepare before, insure against the real gaps, move fast after, tap SBA disaster loans, and reopen stronger.
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