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Merchant Cash Advances (MCA) Deceiving Math

March 29, 2021September 3, 2021 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

A lender recently told me a story about how entrepreneurs often get deceived by the cost of MCA (Merchant Cash Advances) loans. As an example, one owner recently mentioned he was about to get a $121,000 loan that required the company to pay back $165,000 in 9 months and the company…

Case Study In Growth: Using revenue based financing (RBF) to drive greater growth and enterprise value

October 8, 2019August 31, 2021 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

A 20 year old software company was working to develop some exciting new products. Management had scoped out its future features and functions and shared their solution concepts with potential customers who showed strong interest. The challenge was it would cost the company $1 million beyond their free cash flow to complete…

Corporate Finance Advisory is what we do!

March 13, 2019July 12, 2022 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

We receive a lot of inquiries, but today one came through that I immediately replied to. First of all, I love it when women reach out to Lantern, and it warms my heart that it came from a high school student. Lantern Capital Advisors specializes in corporate finance advisory services…

Revenue Based Financing: Refinance Your Merchant Cash Advance Loans

February 25, 2019August 31, 2021 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

Over the years, we have had fast growing companies come to us looking for help both getting new capital and refinancing (out) merchant cash advance loans that they had taken out. In one instance, a company needed to make payroll by the end of the week and had no money in…

The Rise of “Dequity”

August 21, 2018August 27, 2021 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Financing Innovation: The Rise of “Dequity” [caption id="attachment_363" align="alignleft" width="225"] The Risey of Dequity[/caption] I was talking with a banker the other day and he used a term that I hadn’t heard before but made a lot of sense. He said, they make ‘dequity’ investments. What he meant was they make loans,…

The NFL’s Long Term Financial Goal

July 1, 2018July 12, 2022 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

In 2010 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell set a goal of achieving $25 billion in total revenues by 2027. At the time the league was generating $8.5 billion in annual revenue so I thought that was a pretty audacious. It equated to $1 billion increase per year in revenues until 2027.…

Acquisition Strategies – Think Small to Go Big

June 27, 2018August 16, 2018 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Acquisition Strategies – Think Small to Go Big On several occasions, I have met or worked with entrepreneurs that built valuable businesses by effectively executing several small acquisitions. These companies have been in industries such as staffing, insurance and financial services as well as electronic and light manufacturing. Several of…

Corporate Financial Planning: The Value of a Process Change

May 9, 2018August 16, 2018 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Corporate Financial Planning: The Value of a Business Process Change The Value of a Business Process Change: When thinking about strategies that significantly increase enterprise value, our minds tend to immediately think of strategies that grow revenues like adding a new product, investing more in sales resources or acquiring another…

Another Exit Planning Option: Sell To Management

March 27, 2018July 12, 2022 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Internal Management Buyout: Another Exit Planning Option: Sell to Management The one exit planning strategy that most often gets overlooked is an internal management buyout but it’s an approach that has several advantages that owners should seriously consider. This post is a very short explanation of 1) how an internal…

MBO Management Buyout: PE vs No-PE

February 27, 2018July 12, 2022 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

MBO Management Buyout: PE vs No-PE I have a client pursuing a MBO management buyout of his company from its public parent. As we assessed different management buyout financing options, he had a big decision to make. Did he want to partner with a private equity firm (PE) or do…

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