The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Capital

Ask any established business owner to identify his or her toughest challenge when just starting out, and you'll likely get this answer: raising capital. Most aspiring entrepreneurs know far too little about the sources of money that can help start a business or fuel its growth. Where do you get capital? What are investors looking for? How do you ask for money in a way that gets results? This book answers these and many other critical questions. Even more important, entrepreneur and consultant David Nour shows how to develop long-term relationships with financial partners--the people who can help keep a business humming throughout its life.

David Nour, is the founder of Relationship Economics and managing partner of The Nour Group, Inc. He is a social networking strategist and one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. A management advisor and featured speaker for corporate, association, and academic forums, Nour has been featured in a variety of publications includingThe Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution,SmartMoney.com, Forbes Small Business, Success and Pink Magazine. The author of two books, he holds an Executive MBA from Emory University.