Foreword
Preface
Introduction
PART ONE
The New American Dream
A Business of One’s Own
1 The Opportunity
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Small Business Ownership
2 The Challenge
It’s All About the Cash
3 The Solution
Target Funding
PART TWO
Diversity Funding
4 Funding for Veteran-Owned Businesses
5 Funding for Businesses Owned by People with Disabilities
6 Funding for Minority-Owned Businesses
7 Funding for Women-Owned Businesses
8 Funding for Other Diversity Groups
PART THREE
Community-Based Funding
9 Economic Development Funding
10 Industry Cluster Funding
11 Community Development Financial Institutions
PART FOUR
Funding for Inventions and Innovation
12 Funding for Independent Inventors
13 Funding for Research and Technology Ventures
PART FIVE
Funding for Startups and Small Businesses
14 Business Advice Funding
15 Grants for Startups and Small Businesses
16 Funding for a Franchise
17 Government Procurement–Based Funding
PART SIX
Funding for the Unbankable
18 Matched Savings Funding
19 Incubator- and Accelerator-Based Funding
PART SEVEN
Ready, Set, Fund!
20 Creating Your Target Funding Map
21 3-2-1 Target Funding Launch!
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index