Bplans.com- Understanding the Break-even Analysis A Break-even Analysis lets you determine what you need to sell, monthly or annually, to cover your costs of doing business- your break-even point. This guide features illustrations from the Break-even Analysis table from Business Plan Pro 2003.

Common Angels Named after the city's historic public meeting grounds, CommonAngels® is a group of 50 leading private investors and several dozen limited partners in two co-investment funds. We have rich expertise in over 58 specific sectors; have founded over 115 companies; sold over 100; and participated in over 34 IPOs. We finance the region's most innovative high-tech ventures with a focus on capital efficiency: Series A rounds of $500K-$5M with total capital less than $20M.

Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) The Finance Authority of Maine provides innovative financial solutions to help Maine citizens pursue business and educational opportunities.

Financing Growth: More Than a Matter of Money As an entrepreneur guiding your company to the next level, you need an engine that will enable your business to achieve its primary goals. Frequently, that engine is financial, but not always.This article will introduce you to your financial options and the startegies you will nee to implement them.

Home-based biz financing Home- based Business Finance Brought to you by the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, this step-by-step guide focuses on the challenges of finding capital for Small Business. Financial Planning, understanding credit and definitions of different types of capital are all explained here.

Maine Angels MAINE ANGELS was founded to enhance regional economic development in and through the private sector, by providing a cooperative mechanism for interested individuals to collaboratively locate, investigate and make investments in early-stage, high risk/return opportunities. Through this mechanism, entrepreneurs can access critical resources of seed capital (generally $100,000 to $2,000,000 per instance) and management guidance from experienced business veterans, while investors can decrease the risk and increase the financial return of Angel Investing by cooperating in this activity with a disciplined and experienced group of like-minded colleagues.

Maine Investment Exchange (MIX) provides regularly scheduled forums to bring together providers of risk capital with qualified entrepreneurs seeking capital. MIX is an enterprise created by Maine & Company and supported by private businesses throughout the state.

Maine SBDC Technology Commercialization page Many unique funding opportunities are available to businesses developing promising technologies in the state of Maine. Go to our Technology Commercialization page to learn more.

Missouri SBDC- The Truth About Grants for Small Business An informative, to-the point article that will help to clear away the confusion.

Small Enterprise Growth Fund (SEGF) The Small Enterprise Growth Fund (SEGF) is Maine's venture capital fund to provide resources that attract, support and develop eligible small businesses that will contribute to the prosperity of Maine.