The classic startup financing guide has been updated and improved this year. The Guerrilla Startups Guide (formerly known as the Smart Startup Guide) is now available through AntiVentureCapital.com. The Guide has an interesting history. After getting fed up with working with venture capitalists, Peter Ireland began looking for alternative ways to fund the launch of technology startups. Over the next five years, he collected numerous replicable solutions and workarounds for funding startups when investor capital is scarce. In 1995 friends and associates convinced to put the solutions into a book format and publish it. The Guide is been a popular seller ever since and is now applicable to anyone starting a new business.

It covers:

-The Do-Able Deal test for determining the likelihood of your venture being funded by investors.

-The Guerrilla Startup model for launching with minimal cash.

-Alternative methods for financing the Big-3 Cash Burners: accounts receivable, inventory, and fixed assets.

-Cashflow engineering tricks to create “cash floats” for funding your launch.

-How to utilize a transitional business model to get going when investors have passed on your deal.

-The final chapter explains how to design an effective business model that will enable you to launch on a shoe-string budget.

The Guide is packed with riveting stories of how elite entrepreneurs have used creative financing solutions to launch their startups and get to positive cash flow.