The Braintree Business Development Center provides term loans between $1,000-$50,000 with a current interest rate of 7.25% to businesses in Northeast Ohio. They also offer grant funding of up to $25,000 for eligible technology tenants for expenses like design, prototypes, patents, and initial inventory. The document also defines different types of crowdfunding including good cause crowdfunding, rewards-based crowdfunding, pre-order crowdfunding, debt-based crowdfunding, and start-up equity crowdfunding and discusses Kiva, a crowdfunding platform that connects donors with borrowers around the world.

1. Braintree Business Development Center, Mansfield, Ohio
www.braintreepartners.org
201 E 5th Street
Mansfield, OH 44902
419-525-1614

3. Businesses in non-urban Northeast Ohio
We provide:
◦ Term loans of $1,000-$50,000
◦ Current interest rate of 7.25%, other terms vary
based on specific needs
◦ Loan uses include: equipment, inventory, business
debt restructuring, and project based working capital
Basic requirements:
◦ Collateral, Personal guarantees, demonstrated
revenue sufficient for loan payments

4. Technology tenants at Braintree
We provide:
◦ Grant funding without equity position
Up to $25,000 for eligible businesses
Acceptable funds uses include: design, prototypes,
patents, initial inventory, marketing, etc.
◦ Business model design
◦ Funding pitch development
◦ Competitive process experience

5. CROWDSOURCING
According to Jeff Howe
• Crowd wisdom
• Crowd creation
• Crowd voting
• Crowd funding

6. Crowdfunding types
by marty zwilling
• Good cause crowdfunding
• Rewards-based crowdfunding
• Pre-order crowdfunding
• Debt-based crowdfunding
• Start-up equity crowdfunding

9. Empower people around the world with a
$25 loan
Technology platform that connects donors with
borrowers – original crowdfunding platform
• 1.2M lenders & 1.3M+ borrowers
• $1/2B+ in loans
• 98.86% repayment rate
• 258 field partners in 76 countries
Most successful crowdfunding site in history.