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How Mammoth Holdings grew into its name

August 6, 2025August 6, 2025 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

“Working at the Car Wash” Mammoth Holdings was founded by Gary Dennis and Richard “Chip” Hackett in 2002. Over the first decade they grew steadily to reach eight express, self-serve car wash locations. But in 2013 the Company’s six Georgia locations began to perform poorly due to a combination of increased rainfall,…

Using Enterprise Value As A Planning Tool

March 28, 2025August 6, 2025 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Abstract: Enterprise value is an important concept every business owner should understand. This video takes it a step further and suggests how enterprise value can be used as an important metric for measuring a company’s growth and how it can be used as a key tool for strategic planning. Videos…

The Value of Corporate Finance

March 24, 2025August 6, 2025 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Many accomplished entrepreneurs know little about corporate finance beyond dealing with their bank. This video shares some data that illustrates the value of better understanding corporate finance and identifies different ways corporate finance can be used to help entrepreneurs realize more value from their business. Videos highlighted here are from…

Are Dividend Recaps A Smart Move For Entrepreneurs?

October 21, 2024August 6, 2025 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

In this white paper by Chris Risey, we explore if dividend recaps are a smart move for entrepreneurs. It’s easy to see why private equity funds might do a dividend recap. But, would a dividend recap be a smart move for entrepreneurs too - even those with no intention of selling? On…

Owners Beware…Selling a business often leads to “Profound Regret”! Consider an internal buyout!

August 20, 2024March 24, 2025 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

I was recently told a statistic that I thought was shocking. A survey in 2018 found that 76% of business owners regret selling their business a year after the sale. Surprised by this statistic, I went in search of the source of this stat, which turned out to be from the Exit Planning…

Revenue Based Financing Case Study

May 6, 2024May 6, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Revenue based financing is a debt product that is essentially a 4-5 year term loan with a 2X payback to the investors. The product payment terms for revenue based financing are not fixed. The payment terms are based on the monthly revenues of the borrower and are variable according to…

Why banks ask for personal guarantees when a business needs a loan

April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

If you've ever gone to the bank asking for more capital and been turned down, you know why it is. Banks are typically not interested to heap unlimited amounts of capital on any company that comes to its doorstep, let alone a self-employed entrepreneur. The companies that banks love to…

Three Key Tools of Corporate Financial Planning

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

There are a lot of different things private equity firms do ensuring investments are successful. Thankfully many of those things are things entrepreneurs can mimic for the benefit of their own company without necessarily having to buy another business or take on an outside equity partner. Utilizing the three key…

Working With High Growth Companies

April 22, 2024April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

A lot of the companies Lantern Capital Advisors works with could be labeled as high growth companies. We define a high growth company as a business that can grow at a rate of 20% or more and do that for multiple years in a row. Lantern likes working with companies…

Using Capital To Grow Your Business

September 19, 2023April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Using Capital To Grow Your Business As Featured on Texas Business Radio Texas Business Radio Featured Chris Risey, President of Lantern Capital Advisors as part of their national advisor showcase to discuss how entrepreneurs are using capital to grow their business. Lantern Capital Advisors helps clients understand their options and match their…

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