best method of securing funding for a new business?

Edvard

It appears that the only way is through investors... Imagine you wanted to start your own cinema... you would need to get investors, then go to the bank for the rest... you would end up owning 5% of your own business!

Then perhaps the business model needs to be adjusted? If you cannot raise enough capital yourself adjusting the business to suit is realistic, I suspect this is why so many new businesses fail in the first year. Too many people believe that they can achieve the world with a tiny amount of money and find out running a business can be very expensive initially.