As can be seen below, bank loans remain the most appealing option to obtain financing for small businesses asked in the Pepperdine study. In order [from most appealing to least] than came asset based lenders, angel investors, private equity funds, mezzanine funds, factors and last, family and friends. <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1693" title="pepper25" src="http://ucfunding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/pepper25.jpg" alt="pepper25"

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The Pepperdine study also asked 10,000+ respondents about their overall opinion/willingness to obtain financing from an array different capital providers. As is the case with a lot of the information in this excellent report, this is the first time that I have seen an objective study done on the perceptions small businesses [primarily owners] have

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<span style="font-family: ‘Constantia’,’serif’; color: black;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1681" title="pepper23" src="http://ucfunding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/pepper23.jpg" alt="pepper23" width="982" height="483" /></span> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: ‘Constantia’,’serif’">The Pepperdine study also asked small businesses how long it took in days for complete the financing process. The results I think, if accurate [and I have no doubt that they are pretty accurate] are startling. See below.</span>

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<span style="font-family: ‘Constantia’,’serif’; color: black;">We have spent a lot of time looking at a wide array of what I think are interesting [I hope you feel this way too, LOL] questions that were posed to 10,000+ small business owners by a study completed by Pepperdine University last fall. The Private Capital Markets Project report, under

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