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Entrepreneurs: The Funding Landscape Has Changed.

Berkonomics

Local Community Bank: Big banks rarely lend to small businesses, but small community banks do, usually with collateral and personal guarantees. Crowd Funding: The Internet is at work here, especially for obtaining early stager seed money. Start here, and then move on.

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Workstreamer Launches Public Beta

Austin Startup

The amount of capital committed is described as “in the low millions,&# and the only reason it is that substantial is because the company acquired some intellectual property from other companies (including FiveRuns) to help accelerate the development of the product. But the financial markets have definitely raised the bar.