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What If We Eliminate Late Fees?

December 15, 2016February 19, 2017 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

The Weekly What If...Chronicling companies that transformed their business by Exploring What if Praised for its clever business model, it was really this What if that started its massive growth. Based on its market value and number of customers, there is a good chance you use, Netflix. I do. Their…

Weekly What If: What If We Change The Revenue Model

December 15, 2016February 19, 2017 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

20 Year Old Software Company Unlocks Explosive Growth with this “What If” A small, well respected technology provider (name witheld) had logged years of constant technology innovation for its bank and retailer customers. As an example, this company was one of the first to enable instand credit and credit card…

10 Strategies To Raise Capital Effectively

November 10, 2016February 19, 2017 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Attached 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 their business (and equity.) For example,…

The (Pricing) Power of Competition

October 15, 2016February 19, 2017 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

[caption id="attachment_380" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Power Of Competition[/caption] We recently completed a $25 million management led buyout for one of our clients. Even after doing this for many years, I am always surprised by what I learn or what I am reminded of. In this case its, the power of…

Exit Strategies Selling Your Company To Management

October 12, 2016March 10, 2017 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

[caption id="attachment_342" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Exit Strategies[/caption] For business owners, selling the company to management can be overlooked as a viable owner exit strategy. However, in many cases selling the company to management can be more personally and financially rewarding than selling to another company or private equity firm. The advantages of…

Facts On High Growth Companies: What Os A High Growth Company?

September 20, 2016March 10, 2017 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

What is a High Growth Company? When someone says 'high growth company' they immediately tend to think of classic venture capital focused businesses like technology companies, biotech and software. But reflecting on our experience, more than half of high growth clients came out of traditional, often boring old industries, like…

How To Get Funding Sources Interested In Your Business

August 15, 2016February 28, 2017 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

[caption id="attachment_426" align="aligncenter" width="436"] How To Get Funding Sources Interested In Your Business[/caption] Entrepreneurs have great ideas, and know how to execute the idea. Typically they are visionaries, and excel at articulating their business proposition, know who they are going to go after, and can sell their product to those…

Message To Management: Don’t Wait!

June 30, 2016February 19, 2017 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Last week I got a call from a CEO of small software company. His parent was in the process of selling his company. The process of selling the business was taking longer than expected and the price was below the range the seller really wanted. He called to ask me…

Smart Money Doesn’t Ensure Success

June 30, 2016February 19, 2017 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

VCs are often called 'smart money,' because they are more selective about investments than the average angel investor or friends/family member. However, that doesn't mean everything they touch turns to gold. A 2009 WSJ article listed companies that raised substantial sums of money only to fail in a fairly short…

Weekly What If: What If Owners Take Liquidity Now?

April 22, 2016February 19, 2017 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

What If Owners Took Liquidity Now? A profitable software company decided to sell but initial valuations were below their expected value and they wanted to be patient and wait for potentially higher offers. Management was confident that business would be more valuable with each passing month, so an interesting question…

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