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- 4. Wealthy and successful private individuals who risk their own money in a business venture with high growth potential.
- 5. Financial service that enables a business customer to purchase and obtain goods and services but to pay for these at a later date.
- 8. Also known as equity capital, this is finance raised through the issuing of shares via a stock exchange (or stock market).
- 9. Internal source of finance, with entrepreneurs using their own savings, usually to finance their start-up business.
- 11. raises finance for a business venture or project by getting small amounts of money from a large number of people, usually through online platforms.
- 12. This financial service enables businesses to have access to fixed assets, by hiring these assets, but without the high costs of capital expenditure.
- 13. Refers to business spending on its everyday and regular operations, e.g. spending on wages, raw materials and bills.
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- 1. A highly regulated marketplace where individuals and businesses can buy and sell shares in public limited companies.
- 2. This is the surplus funds that are reinvested back in the business, rather than being distributed to the owners.
- 3. A banking service that enables customers (personal and business customers) to withdraw more money from their account than exists in the account.
- 6. Finance raised by a public limited company when it issues (sells) shares for the very first time on a stock exchange.
- 7. provided by financier who support entrepreneurs of small businesses, especially females and those on low incomes who are ordinarily unable to secure loans from commercial banks.
- 10. Also known as debt capital, this refers to borrowed funds from financial lenders, such as commercial banks.