Debt financing, one of the 3 primary methods of financing a business (the other two are self-financing and equity financing), is obtaining money that must be paid back to the lender, usually with interest.  Similar to self-financing, debt financing may include both using your personal credit as well as the credit and security of the business to obtain a loan or line of credit.  More on Dangers of Financing with Debt

Today I'm answering a question about how we should handle competitors who have exclusive deals with other vendors.