Even with these new ways to access capital, though, the country still has a long way to go before its capital markets can be considered fully developed.
In recent years, the high costs of regulatory compliance associated with Sarbanes-Oxley and the effects of Dodd-Frank combined with a waning initial public offering (IPO) market and increasing global competition have limited the ability of smaller companies to access new capital through the public markets.
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Where the Latina entrepreneur who takes a chance on a new idea has access to capital to launch her company.
But the country's new credit rating should increase access to capital for its best-behaved companies.
Our research suggests that improving access to capital, creating new pathways for immigrant entrepreneurs, and regulatory reform will help address these barriers.
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Best of all, such networks generate their own funding (in addition to state subsidies) and can gain access to capital to build new schools and refurbish existing ones.
So when merchants buy a new website they could also get access to working capital from Kabbage.
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Examples include the integration of environmental criteria into lending and investment strategy and the development of new products that provide environmental businesses with easier access to capital.
Since New York is the commercial capital of the world, that increased access to technology is unlocking a huge pool of specialized, albeit nontech, entrepreneurial talent.
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And that's why we must do more to give these new opportunities to smaller banks so that they have the ability to access capital -- so that they can lend to small businesses in their communities.
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The success factors include having at least one major university, a strongly affiliated industry group, access to human capital, and a major catalyst or company which creates new markets and opportunities for other entrepreneurs.
The company breathlessly heralded its new investment vehicle as a "truly revolutionary" way for individual investors to access the high-octane world of venture capital.
Financial globalisation spread capital more widely, markets evolved, businesses were able to finance new ventures and ordinary people had unprecedented access to borrowing and foreign exchange.
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