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Business Development Financing

Telecommunications Development Fund (TDF)
(www.tdfund.com/)
The mission of the Telecommunications Development Fund is to invest in innovative technologies and services that expand options for business, consumers and communities and to provide education and outreach to entrepreneurial communities nationwide. This website gives contact information for the Fund and answers important questions for those seeking funding. When you visit the websites of this government agency or organization, you will be leaving the Federal Communications Commission's website. If you have questions concerning the information contained on these sites, please contact the specific government agency.

Equity Financing Course
(www.tdfund.com/tdf_gold/tdf_new/tdfrc1/ns.htm)
This website provides information about TDF's Equity Financing Course, which is an easy to use online resource for training and informing entrepreneurs about money and financing. The Equity Financing Course is designed to educate and provide interactive business guidance on the difference between debt and equity capital, identify sources of equity capital, describe the capital raising process. It also provides extensive online and offline resources for business owners seeking venture capital.

Resource Providers Database
(www.tdfund.com/library/res_data.asp)
This website provides access to TDF's Resource Providers Database. To find resource providers or other useful contacts in a geographic area, you simply select a state or enter the first three digits of the zip code for the geographic area to be searched.