The practical end — business banking, payment processors, accounting software, payroll and international payments — and then the advanced end: what investment banks do, and when a startup ever meets one.
Where money comes from beyond equity
Lessons
Business banking and payments — Bank accounts, payment processors, invoicing and reconciliation. Unglamorous, and it decides whether you can actually collect money. (12 min)
Debt and non-dilutive funding — Venture debt, revenue-based financing, grants and invoice finance. Money that does not cost equity — and does cost something else. (12 min)
What investment banks actually do — Advanced, and mostly not relevant to you yet. What they are, and the one situation where a first-time founder might meet one. (10 min)