If you have a really good idea for a new business to start in 2014, but you don’t quite have the capital to realize that dream at this time, it’s time to raise the fundraising flag. You need to let people with deep pockets know that your business idea is sound and ripe for investment. Who you turn to, how you ask for the money and how much you actually ask for could mean the difference between operating in lavish luxury and working in your mother’s basement surviving on Hot Pockets and Mountain Dew.