<?xml version="1.0" ?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="viewRss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0">  <channel>    <title>Financing options | Startups</title>    <link>http://www.startups.co.uk/financing-options</link>    <description>Find out about all the financing options available to small businesses. Below, there is expert advice on ways to fund a business - including bank loans and equity finance - plus advice on pitching for funding for your start-up business.</description>    <language>en-gb</language>    <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>    <ttl>20</ttl>    <item>      <title>6 ways in which accessing finance is different for women</title>      <description>Female entrepreneurs access finance for their business less. Prowess 2.0’s Erika Watson reveals where gender makes a difference</description>      <link>http://www.startups.co.uk/6-ways-in-which-accessing-finance-is-different-for-women.html</link>      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.startups.co.uk/6-ways-in-which-accessing-finance-is-different-for-women.html</guid>      <pubDate>Thu, 6 Sep 2012 10:20:49 GMT</pubDate>      <category>Business</category>    </item>    <item>      <title>Three alternative ways to fund your start-up</title>      <description>With UK start-ups still struggling to access finance, there's a new wave of entrepreneurial firms emerging to fill the void. We spoke to three new players in the business funding market (and companies which have used them) to see whether they offer a viable alternative to the banks</description>      <link>http://www.startups.co.uk/three-alternative-ways-to-fund-your-start-up.html</link>      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.startups.co.uk/three-alternative-ways-to-fund-your-start-up.html</guid>      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:45:25 GMT</pubDate>      <category>Business</category>    </item>    <item>      <title>10 ways to fund your business without a bank loan</title>      <description>How to get around the credit impasse</description>      <link>http://www.startups.co.uk/10-ways-to-fund-your-business-without-a-bank-loan.html</link>      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.startups.co.uk/10-ways-to-fund-your-business-without-a-bank-loan.html</guid>      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:24:51 GMT</pubDate>      <category>Business</category>    </item>    <item>      <title>Top 10 ways to fund your business</title>      <description>A list of the various ways you can financially support your great idea</description>      <link>http://www.startups.co.uk/top-10-ways-to-fund-your-business.html</link>      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.startups.co.uk/top-10-ways-to-fund-your-business.html</guid>      <pubDate>Fri, 7 Aug 2009 16:48:13 GMT</pubDate>      <category>Business</category>    </item>    <item>      <title>How to raise £100,000</title>      <description>We look at the various options available for raising the all important first £100k</description>      <link>http://www.startups.co.uk/how-to-raise-100-000.html</link>      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.startups.co.uk/how-to-raise-100-000.html</guid>      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Sep 2007 17:26:42 GMT</pubDate>      <category>Business</category>    </item>    <item>      <title>Pitching for Finance</title>      <description>Some presentation tips for when you have to pitch your business</description>      <link>http://www.startups.co.uk/pitching-for-finance.html</link>      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.startups.co.uk/pitching-for-finance.html</guid>      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Jul 2007 17:34:56 GMT</pubDate>      <category>Business</category>    </item>    <item>      <title>Beg, borrow or steal?</title>      <description>Raising finance via The Four F's - founder, family, friends and foolhardies</description>      <link>http://www.startups.co.uk/beg-borrow-or-steal.html</link>      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.startups.co.uk/beg-borrow-or-steal.html</guid>      <pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2007 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate>      <category>Business</category>    </item>    <item>      <title>Debt finance</title>      <description>Find out if debt finance is the type of funding your business needs.</description>      <link>http://www.startups.co.uk/debt-finance.html</link>      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.startups.co.uk/debt-finance.html</guid>      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>      <category>Business</category>    </item>    <item>      <title>Equity finance</title>      <description>Would you give someone a stake in your business in return for funds?</description>      <link>http://www.startups.co.uk/equity-finance.html</link>      <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.startups.co.uk/equity-finance.html</guid>      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>      <category>Business</category>    </item>  </channel></rss>