Sources Of Capital | Course Paper

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Week 3- Assignment- Sources of Capital

HCA 375_2

Jessica Fregia Ruff

Instructor Kassandra Cunningham

November 18, 2017

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Week 3- Assignment- Sources of Capital

What is capital? What are the sources of capital for a profit company? What are the

sources of capital for a not for profit organization? What are the pros and cons of the various

sources of capital? Well to begin with, capital in finance and accounting is generally the financial

wealth especially that is used to start or maintain a business (Wikipedia, 2017). Now, knowing

what capital is, it will be easier to move on to the other questions at hand.

First, what are the sources of capital, or money, for a profit company? To begin with, the

meaning of a for profit company or organization is one with the primary reason being to earn a

profit for the owners of the company (Carter, 2017). Within a company that is for profit, before

the organization can begin providing services, it must first use what is known as financial capital