Where do you go when you need to fund your small business?

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Written By Jennifer Joslyn

Funding a small business can be a critical step in ensuring its success. The statistics are working against small businesses with a whopping 18.4% of U.S. businesses fail within the first year. It only gets worse - 49.7% will fail after five years and a staggering 65.5% will fail after 10 years.

Some may turn to friends and family to help fund the beginning of their venture or take a more traditional route by visiting a bank for a business loan. But there are other ways to get your small business off the ground, and those who came before you are willing to share.

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