Financial Information
The Venture Capital Resource Library provides information and sources for venture capital, angel capital, and investment banking.
The U.S. Small Business Administration site contains information about government financing programs for entrepreneurs.
Business Finance.com allows you to search the funding criteria of over 4,000 sources for business loans, venture capital, equipment leasing, and commercial real estate financing. You can search by type of funding (e.g., working capital or equipment finance), or you can limit your search to funding sources for businesses already in existence for four months, for businesses just starting up, or for purchase of a business or franchise.
Fintel Scorecard is a free online tool that allows businesses to benchmark their financial performance against similar-sized firms in their industry. Businesses need only enter their SIC code, eight figures from financial statements, and the number of employees to see how their company ranks in its industry, based on nine core financial ratios. Click on an individual ratio name to read about ways to improve the firm's performance on that ratio.
NASE is a professional association for the self-employed and micro businesses (up to ten employees). The website offers a section on the ABCs of Finance that provides an overview of topics such as setting up a chart of accounts, inventory basics, financial ratios, and Small Business Administration loans. You can also submit a finance question that will be answered by an "experienced consultant."
Mint is a user-friendly and free service that helps you manage your money. It only takes a few minutes to sign up and start adding bank, credit, loan, or investment accounts. Since this service automatically updates your inputted data, you don’t have to worry about going back and retyping your information.
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