Which kind of business attracts funding?

Once the business has picked up a market share and can push its space, it must create its own credit worthiness by opening a bank account and creating its record of sales and outward payments. Simply put, begin to access its own working capital in the form of small stocking loans and overdraft.

There is a misconception that banks and microfinances fund people or businesses with big balances or savings in their accounts, but if you had that sitting around, you would not need funding. Credit worthiness is assessed based on your record of inflows, both the timing and amounts and the resulting average balance. This gives a good account about when you need money fund outflows as well as when you normally receive money to repay obligations such as a loan or an overdraft.

The operating cycle I mentioned earlier on has distinct length and can be clearly identified by your bankers. Its length and the quantity of cash produced in any one complete cycle is critical in determining how many cycles are required to produce enough money to repay the credit besides other obligations. Bankers use this information to arrive at your repayment instalment cycle and the nature of the need to arrive at your type of product. You therefore need not know up front whether you need a loan or an overdraft, and your banker is in a position to tell you this. You need to know your operating cycle, which refers to the business you do every day. Explain it clearly, especially where the cash gap is occurring as you do your business.

Finally, it is important to separate your personal transaction account from your business account. Move money periodically from the business to finance personal needs and maintain your records.