Unique Ways Entrepreneurs Are Raising Money
Due to the credit crunch, small-business owners are taking a more creative route than pursuing traditional funding sources to sustain their business. Business owners Debi Ryan asked her neighbors to invest in her coffee shop, Paula Conway sold cupcakes to launch her travel information website, Patti Prairie's emissions-reduction company uses a portion of the proceeds from their Visa-branded credit and debit cards, Dushyant Bhatia sells ad space to fund his blog search portal, and Aaron Foss and Keri Mahoney created a commercial to fund their medical software company.
Source: WSJ.com | June 5, 2009
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