The Rise of “Dequity”

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,…

What’s your EBITDA?

What’s your EBITDA? When I give speeches I like to wrap up the presentation by doing a group exercise where the participants have to look at a simple set of financial statements and calculate a Company’s EBITDA (earnings before taxes depreciation and amortization). This is the most commonly used financial…

Owner Exit Strategies

Owners of businesses typically dream of going public or performing an IPO, even though less than 1% of businesses ever achieve this.  However, for the remaining 99% of businesses out there, there are multiple viable options that owners should consider and evaluate when determining their business exit strategy.   Ideally, owners should…

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

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…
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