Getting off the ground is less about ideas and more about capital for many small business owners and startup founders. Great ideas, dedicated teams and solutions that herald breakthroughs are most often left unattended due to the one resource needed to propel any stage of growth: money.

While the media spotlights billion-dollar valuations and massive fundraising rounds, the truth is that most founders are navigating a financial system that wasn’t built for them. Access to venture capital is often reserved for the well-networked or already established, leaving early-stage entrepreneurs on the outside looking in. READ MORE