Small business finance

3 important questions on Small business finance

CQ 1: How can small businesses attract finance? (2)

  • No-need firms, discouraged borrowers, denied borrowers, and approved borrowers
  • Bootstrapping and pecking order: own resources, debt financing, equity financing

CQ 2: How can small businesses signal their credit worthiness? (2)

  • The small business finance market for loan is opaque
    • small businesses signal via: information, collateral, third party cover, entrepreneurial talent, relationship factor
    • banks try to overcome information asymmetries, secure pay back, and limit failure costs
  • There are advantages and disadvantages for small businesses using equity finance
    • VC fund has to deal with adverse selection and moral hazard

CQ 3: Can small business use the "crowd" to attract funding? (2)

Crowdfunding is an increasingly common source of finance for entrepreneurs:

  • Way around capital constraints
    • obtaining funding from the crowd may help to obtain funding from traditional sources
  • Securing funding ("All-or-Nothing" principle helpful), assessing interest product, marketing

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