{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20261010T034321Z-reviewed-full-unique-works","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1603584285?tag=bookfrontie00-20","asin":"1603584285","authors":["Elizabeth Ü"],"book_id":"9781603584289","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/raising-dough-9781603584289","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781603584289.jpg?v=03d448484375f777","description":"More and more entrepreneurs are using food-based businesses to solve social and environmental problems - and yet the majority of them report that a lack of access to capital prevents them from launching, maintaining, or growing their ventures. Raising Dough is an unprecedented guide to the full range of financing options available to support sustainable food businesses. Raising Dough provides valuable insights into the world of finance, including: - Descriptions of various capital options, including traditional debt and equity, government grant and loan programs, and cutting-edge models such as crowdfunding and community-based alternatives - Guiding questions to help determine which capital options are the most appropriate given the size, stage, entity type, growth plans, mission, and values of an enterprise - Case studies and testimonials highlighting the experiences of food system entrepreneurs who have been there before, including both success stories and cautionary tales - Referrals to sources of capital, financiers, investor networks, and other financial resources. Written primarily for people managing socially responsible food businesses, the resources and tips covered in this book will benefit social entrepreneurs - and their investors - working in any sector.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781603584289","publication_date":"20130613","publisher":"Chelsea Green Publishing","slug":"raising-dough","subtitle":"The Complete Guide to Financing a Socially Responsible Food Business","title":"Raising Dough"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"BUS070120","confidence_band":"medium","label":"The Food Business","score":0.7395,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"BUS070010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Agribusiness","score":0.7269,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"TEC003070","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Sustainable Agriculture","score":0.7158,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"BUS070120","confidence_band":"medium","label":"The Food Business","score":0.7395,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"BUS070010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Agribusiness","score":0.7269,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"TEC003070","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Sustainable Agriculture","score":0.7158,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"BUS060000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Small Business","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"BUS070120","confidence_band":"high","label":"The Food Business","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"SOC055000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Agriculture & Food Systems","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"The Food Business","score":0.7395,"slug":"the-food-business"},{"label":"Agribusiness","score":0.7269,"slug":"agribusiness"},{"label":"Sustainable Agriculture","score":0.7158,"slug":"sustainable-agriculture"}],"reader_fit":["Food-business managers seeking financing guidance","Social entrepreneurs and investors exploring funding options"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Joel Salatin"],"book_id":"9780963810922","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780963810922.jpg?v=ec08c012f73d5a6b","score":0.7069,"title":"You Can Farm","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780963810922"},{"authors":["Richard Wiswall"],"book_id":"9781603581424","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781603581424.jpg?v=00e49f581ab0afca","score":0.6874,"title":"The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781603581424"},{"authors":["Liz Carlisle"],"book_id":"9781592409563","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781592409563.jpg?v=129d860a3198e004","score":0.6809,"title":"Lentil Underground","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781592409563"},{"authors":["Jean-Martin Fortier"],"book_id":"9780865717657","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780865717657.jpg?v=1c5ab07f46022e1b","score":0.6661,"title":"The Market Gardener","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780865717657"},{"authors":["Beth Dougherty","Shawn Dougherty"],"book_id":"9781603586221","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781603586221.jpg?v=a722ab86d0e704c8","score":0.6619,"title":"The Independent Farmstead","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781603586221"},{"authors":["Nick Saul","Andrea Curtis"],"book_id":"9781612193496","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781612193496.jpg?v=587d1698bae25ddc","score":0.6601,"title":"The Stop","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781612193496"},{"authors":["Michael Politz"],"book_id":"9781119668961","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781119668961.jpg?v=3fea11c1ed9beff1","score":0.6552,"title":"The Food and Beverage Magazine Guide to Restaurant Success","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781119668961"},{"authors":["Will Allen","Charles Wilson"],"book_id":"9781592407606","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781592407606.jpg?v=07886ade42d4b186","score":0.6536,"title":"The Good Food Revolution","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781592407606"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:world of finance"],"label":"World","score":0.0848,"slug":"world"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:social finance"],"label":"Social","score":0.0723,"slug":"social"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:food-based business entrepreneur"],"label":"Business","score":0.0401,"slug":"business"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:food-based business entrepreneur"],"label":"Food","score":0.0385,"slug":"food"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Food-business financing, Sustainable food ventures, Social entrepreneurship.","Themes: Social, Business, Food.","Reading lane: The Food Business and Agribusiness."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.96,"pacing":"unknown","reader_fit":["Food-business managers seeking financing guidance","Social entrepreneurs and investors exploring funding options"],"themes":["Food-business financing","Sustainable food ventures","Social entrepreneurship"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":15,"goodreads_ratings_count":26,"goodreads_reviews_count":4,"quality_score":0.8521}}