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Self-Financing Your Startup

Play Your Cards Right
Financing with credit cards is a risk--but it can pay off.

Startup Financing
Get your business off the ground with cash from several startup sources.

Tapping Your Personal Savings to Fund Your Startup
Our startup financing expert explains the right way to use your personal funds to finance your new business.

401(k) Plans
Finance your business yourself by borrowing from your 401(k) plan.

Self-Invested
Can your retirement savings help solve your financing problems?

Using Credit Cards to Fund Your Business
Know the risks you face before you take the plunge into credit-card debt.

Financing With a Home Equity Line of Credit
The startup financing you need could be right at your doorstep.

Bootstrapping Your Startup
No, you don't need investors to start your dream business. Here's how to make it happen with your own money.

Using Personal Assets for Funding
The realities of tapping into life insurance, CDs, mortgages, IRAs and 401(k)s

Taking Charge
Should you finance your new business with plastic?

Your Butt on the Line
Hate to burst your balloon, but you'll have to risk your money to raise money.

Financial Roulette
Is borrowing from your IRA a healthy risk or a tragic mistake?