This individualized, competency-based unit on financing businesses, the eighth of 18 modules, is on the third level of the revised Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship (PACE). Intended for the advanced secondary and postsecondary levels and for adults wanting training or retraining, this unit, together with the other materials at this level, emphasizes the actual application of a business plan. Four competencies are dealt with in this instructional unit, including (1) describing the sources of information available to help in estimating the financing necessary to start one's new business, (2) determining the financing necessary to start one's new business, (3) preparing a projected profit and loss statement and a projected cash-flow statement for one's new business, and (4) preparing a loan application package. Materials provided include objectives, preparation information, an overview, content (with questions in margins that guide the students' reading), activities, assessment forms, and notes and sources. The unit requires using approximately 3 hours of class time. (YLB)