Business Finance.com
Business Finance, allows you to search the funding criteria of over 4,000 sources for business loans, venture capital, equipment leasing, and commercial real estate financing. You can search by type of funding (e.g., working capital or equipment finance), or you can limit your search to funding sources for businesses already in existence for four months, for businesses just starting up, or for purchase of a business or franchise.

Fintel Scorecard
Fintel, is a free online tool that allows businesses to benchmark their financial performance against similar-sized firms in their industry. Businesses need only enter their SIC code, eight figures from financial statements, and the number of employees to see how their company ranks in its industry, based on nine core financial ratios. Click on an individual ratio name to read about ways to improve the firm’s performance on that ratio.

National Association of the Self-Employed
NASE, is a professional association for the self-employed and microbusinesses (up to ten employees). The website offers a section on the ABCs of Finance that provides an overview of topics such as setting up a chart of accounts, inventory basics, financial ratios, and Small Business Administrations loans. You can also submit a finance question that will be answered by an “experienced consultant.”

SBA – Financing Your Business
The SBA, provides information about raising capital for your business. It includes information about eligibility and preparation, SBA loans, contract surety bonds, equity capital, and special purpose loan programs.

Other websites that offer in-depth help in locating or managing business finance include Peerspectives – Acquiring and Managing Finances, and Entrepreneur.com – Money and Finances.