ACCELERATOR Something to do with speeding down the highway? Not quite. An accelerator is an organisation or program that offers advice, mentor ship and resources to help small businesses grow. ANGEL INVESTMENT This type of investment typically happens when a startup is in its early stages; it’s when an investor, or a ‘business angel,; provides startups with initial or growth capital for a stake in the company. Having invested in big names like Google and uber, CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos in one of the most well known angel investor. BOOTSTRAP Ever heard the phrase pulling oneself up by ones’s bootstraps? Well, this has evolved from it and it means to self-fund using personal resources, like friends and family, to get cash going. BRIDGE LOAN A loan taken out for a short-term period, typically between two weeks and three years, until long-term financing can be arranged. Also known as a swing loan. BURN RATE Quite literally, how fast you are spending your money. Alterna...