Chris Risey, Author at Financing Gazelles

Partner Buyout: An Opportunistic Way To Build More Equity Value

April 2, 2010April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Partner Buyout: An Opportunistic Way to Build More Equity Value. Management Buyout and Leveraged Buyouts financing processes can be orchestrated in the same way in order to help individuals buyout a partner or majority owner of a business. Partner buyouts can be financed on an all debt basis because the partner already has some equity in the…

Focus on Growing Cash Flows Not Just Revenue

March 24, 2010April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Several entrepreneurs with fast growing businesses told me they have recently made cost reductions in response to slowing business and the economy. One business owner told me, he and his CEO cut $600,000 of annual expense from their operating budget in 45 minutes! The more interesting thing was they all…

Shaken Economy Creates Management Buyout Opportunities

December 22, 2009April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Management Buyout Opportunities: In a shaky economy a logical strategy for management is to focus on just hanging on to the business you have. For proactive management teams and owners it can be a time to reconfigure the business or ownership in order to realize in greater benefits in the…

Creative But Little Known Source Of Debt Financing

November 28, 2009April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

High Growth companies (Gazelles) looking for financing often don't realize they may be able to finance their company with various forms of creative debt structures. This however is rarely debt you would find at your local bank. These more exotic forms of debt are provided in the capital markets by…

The New Get Rich Scheme: No Money Down!

November 2, 2009April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

I recently got a call from two people writing a book about buying companies and doing it with no money down. They wanted me to help people that read their book, do exactly that. After talking to them I looked around on the web and found several (paid) ads selling…

High Growth Companies In A Slow Growth Industry

June 20, 2009April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

One of our clients is a fast growing market research firm. They received an industry report from one of the gurus of the industry. Overall, revenues for leading market research companies were down slightly in 2008 and contracted by 1%. More interesting to us, was there were three companies that…

Investment Banking Fees Create Conflict Of Interest

May 13, 2009April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Yesterday we published a new article at CFO.com, which discusses how investment banking fees can corrupt the advice they give clients. The same day a report, in the WSJ cites issues of conflicts of interest regarding Goldman Sachs. Read our article titled, Investment Banking Fees Create Conflict of Interest White…

Find A Financial Institution That Treasures Your Company

May 7, 2009April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Working with clients, talking with bankers and everyone in between - the themes are all the same. Financings are getting done but deals need to be airtight. The WSJ journal reported an article about KKR's buyout of Oriental brewing. It notes two things that are common and recurring themes: 1)…

Banks Getting Tought On Line Of Credit Provisions

May 5, 2009April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Sticky Leverage

April 28, 2009April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

The WSJ published an article titled “Sticky Leverage” stating that the leverage for companies is continuing to increase. Leverage is defined as a company's debt divided by its cash flow or EBITDA. The WSJ sticky leverage article discusses large companies and large buyout deals but the same is true for…

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