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eVenturing's "Raising Early Stage Capital": How to raise capital when you are first organizing your business, or when it is at its earliest stages of growth.

U.S. Small Business Administration loans: The agency does not offer loans but serves as a guarantor of loans made by private and other institutions. Here's an overview.

SBA Finance startup: The agency's outline of key factors a bank uses to analyze a potential borrower includes a self-assessment checklist.

Small Business Innovation Reseach (SBIR): If you've got a technology-related business idea, and/or you want to go after government contracts, check out this SBA resource.

Angel Capital Association: An alliance of nearly 200 angel organizations in the United States and Canada.

FSB's "Touched by an angel": Savvy entrepreneurs are looking to wealthy women for funding.

FSB's "How to fund other startups and get rich": Angel investors describe their paths from entrepreneur to financier.

FSB's "How to play the VC game -- and win big": Two Stanford MBAs who built a fast-growing concierge service show how women can get venture-capital funding. (The lessons apply to men, too.)

National Venture Capital Association: A good place to network and learn how VCs think and what they're looking to invest in.

Product Development & Management Association: Here you'll find a portal full of information designed to connect innovators.