Chris Risey, Author at Financing Gazelles

High Growth Companies In A Slow Growth Industry

June 20, 2009February 19, 2017 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, 2009February 28, 2017 by Chris Risey

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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, 2009February 28, 2017 by Chris Risey

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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, 2009March 10, 2017 by Chris Risey

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Sticky Leverage

April 28, 2009February 28, 2017 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…

VCs want bail out money? Really?

April 22, 2009August 16, 2018 by Chris Risey

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The WSJ reported that VCs are lobbying the government to get access to SBA funds from which they are currently excluded. What the article didn't mention was that this exclusion only applies to companies that are majority owned by VCs. That is they own more than 50% of the ownership.…

Hey Where Did Everybody Go? What Happened To All The IPOs?

February 18, 2009February 28, 2017 by Chris Risey

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Back in the late 1980’s and all of the 1990’s promising growth companies could raise $20-$30 million in equity capital and go public with well recognized names like Prudential Securities, Alex Brown, Salomon Smith Barney and many others. Since then the number of IPOs has dropped considerably particularly for companies…

VC Humor: Rocket Scientists or Lottery Winners?

December 10, 2008January 30, 2017 by Chris Risey

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Professional investors often pass on investing in companies that turn out to be very successful but they rarely will admit it. Here's a link to a site that pokes fun at their own lack of infallibility. http://www.bvp.com/Portfolio/AntiPortfolio.aspx

10 Strategies To Raise Capital Effectively

November 10, 2008February 28, 2017 by Chris Risey

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Below is a link to a popular article Lantern Advisors posted with CFO.com. It is most relevant to entrepreneurs and CFOs of high growth companies that have already achieved some level of success and are considering a capital raise as part of an effort to substantially grow the value of…

Traits of A Good CFO

November 5, 2008February 28, 2017 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

A recent CFO.com article, Crisis Demands New CFO Skills, suggests CFOs with lots of capital raising and mergers and acquisitions experience are what companies need to deal with today's difficult financing environment. While its a challenging financing market, getting a new CFO with capital raising experience, may not solve your…

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