Raising Finance is an accessible, practical guide that will help you find your way through the financial maze of starting up a business, expanding it, and eventually selling it. It is a hands-on guide that does not make assumptions about prior knowledge and is suitable for the average business owner. Topics covered include: start-up financing growth financing equity funding buying a business grooming your business for sale selling the business Raising Finance deals with both the theory and the reality of growing a business. Key issues are highlighted by the use of fascinating real-life case studies, showing you what steps to take to grow, fund, acquire and sell a business.