Money & Funding
Get the Money (funding playbook)
FreeWhat it is
The free playbook of 30+ legal ways to fund an idea without investors: grants and crowdfunding you keep, loans you fully own (CDFI, SBA, factoring, business credit), money hiding in assets you already have (home equity, rezoning, tax liens, retirement rollovers, life insurance loans), money from people, and certifications and zones (minority/women/veteran, NMTC, Opportunity Zones, USDA rural) that unlock capital. Its sibling page /bootstrapping is for the person who wants to start without funding at all.
What it is for
finding the money to fund an idea, especially for people with no investors: which pathway fits their situation and where to start
How to use it
At /get-funding, find your funding pathway among 30+ legal ways to fund an idea without investors, grouped into five kinds, with the risks named.