The Small Business Administration is pushing to expand loan availability and streamline its loan-guarantee approval process. Approvals in the last two years set records, but it's unlikely that pace will continue
Until the Securities and Exchange Commission sets the rules, the legislation allowing startups to solicit funds from mom-and-pop investors remains on hold
Startups and small businesses, including tech companies, are resorting to revenue-based financing, whereby future performance determines how they pay the loans back