Entrepreneurs have many options when it comes to raising money for a new business. From Kickstarter campaigns to venture capital investors, family loans to selling your own plasma (really?!)..these are a few of the alternative funding methods discussed on St. Louis Public Radio this week. 

Featured guests included:

• Cliff Holekamp, Director of the Entrepreneurship Platform at the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis
• Katie Lee, Founder and Owner of Katie’s Pizza and Pasta in Rock Hill. Last year, Lee raised about $40,000 through Kickstarter.
• Steven Marciniak, Co-Founder & CEO of TrakBill, a St. Louis start-up that has received funding from a variety of sources including an Arch Grant and venture capital fund.

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