Startups and small businesses, including tech companies, are resorting to revenue-based financing, whereby future performance determines how they pay the loans back
Even startups in many niche industries can find help in incubators that range from Upstate New York's Ceramics Corridor Innovation Center to San Francisco's La Cocina
Criticized for turning down too many businesses after Hurricane Katrina, the Small Business Administration's disaster loan program is trying to streamline itself