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Search by topic:   13141. FINANCING SMALL BUSINESS. This report presents an overview and analysis of small business financing and the opportunities that the funding needs of small businesses and entrepreneurial firms presents for venture capitalists. The report begins with an overview of the key factors in small business success and failure, with particular attention to financing needs. The next section presents an analysis of the current range of financial resources (and trends within these resources) for small businesses and entrepreneurial firms. The next section looks first at the criteria used by banks, venture capital firms and other financial institutions when extending financing to small businesses and then at some of the common problems and mistakes that firms and entrepreneurs make when making their pitch to venture capital firms and other potential financiers. The concluding section seeks to better define the identified marketing niche - discussing what type of entrepreneurs are particularly in need of funding and outlining the opportunities for venture capital firms to market services to them. KEYWORDS: entrepreneurs small business capital requirements financing term paper. 30 pages, 129 footnotes, 73 bibliographic sources.   $133 Copyright 2002 Academic Research Papers Associate Term Paper Sites: Academic Research Papers Academic-Research-Papers Research Central Term Paper Assistance