send us an e-mail at yourbusiness@msnbc.com.ndicate what your company does, how much money you're looking for and what you intend to do with the money. you never know. somebody watching this show may be interesting in even hing you. it's time now to answer some of your business questions. eric and julie are with us once again. the first one is about switching gears and heading in a different direction. >> we've been 25 years in whole sale liquidation business and we're spearheading into retail and i need capital investment and being that it's a different industry. i don't know where to start. >> amtd -- and it is? >> rather than try to convince a lender based on what you think is going to happen, try to work with what you have. borrow against that. asset-based lending, the secondary market for it has come back to the way it was in 2007, so there's going to be a demand for that. on the equity side, maybe they can partner with them. >> are there any other suggestions? >> well, thing in the earliest stages, finding a way to fund th