Raising dough : the complete guide to financing a socially responsible food business / Elizabeth Ü ; foreword by Michael Shuman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ü, Elizabeth

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small business--Finance.

Small business.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

x, 264 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2013]

Summary:

Increasingly, food-based businesses are seen as key solutions to solve our social and environmental problems, and yet entrepreneurs report a surprising lack of access to money to help them get started or grow. Raising Dough is an unprecedented guide that provides social entrepreneurs - as well as their potential supporters - the tools necessary to enable more of these businesses to launch and thrive. Through a mix of case studies and her own personal expertise, social-finance expert Elizabeth U explains what every budding entrepreneur should do even before they begin asking for money, including choosing an appropriate ownership model. She covers a wide range of possible funding sources, from traditional public and institutional grant and loan programs to cutting-edge, community crowdfunding models. Written primarily for people managing socially responsible food businesses, Raising Dough includes resources, strategies, and lessons that can benefit any socially minded entrepreneur and those who would support them, including investors.--COVER.

Contents:

pt. 1. Preparing for outside capital

It's never too early to start building relationships

Clarifying your values

Choosing an entity type

Putting your personal money house in order

Befriending the books : tracking and reporting your venture's finances

Getting down to business

pt. 2. It takes a village : Raising money from your community

Raising gifts from individuals

Community-supported models

Money from the masses : Crowdfunding online

Investment offerings and the law

pt. 3. Borrower be : Debt financing

How it works : debt concepts

Investing in your own business : Sources of personal debt

Loans from friends, family, and others

Take it to the bank ... or to another commercial lender

Federal grant and loan programs

pt. 4. Selling equity : The good, the bad, and the ugly

Individual and angel investors

How it works : Equity concepts

Stepping it up : Venture capital and other institutional investors

Working with foundations

Selling without selling out.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index.

ISBN:

9781603584289

1603584285

OCLC:

792888310

Publisher Number:

8757792