Want to Save Money on Equipment? Consider this Solution.A marketplace matches cash-strapped startups with financing and leasing companies so they can build out their businesses.

When entrepreneurs need new equipment for their business, they should ask a basic but challenging question: "How much can I afford -- both in dollars and the time spent financing all this?" A Burlington, Mass.-based company called LeaseQ attempts to change that equation, making equipment easier to get at a lower cost.

LeaseQ is an all-in-one platform. It works with more than 100 equipment-leasing companies around the country that serve roughly 25 industries, from construction to salons to restaurants.