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Using Capital To Grow Your Business

September 19, 2023September 21, 2023 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…

The Rise of “Dequity”

August 21, 2023September 21, 2023 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,…

MBO Management Buyout: PE vs No-PE

February 27, 2023September 21, 2023 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…

Owner Exit Strategies

January 24, 2022September 21, 2023 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Growing by Acquisition: A key factor that drives successful acquisitions

February 15, 2018August 16, 2018 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Growing By Acquisiton: A Key Factor That Drives Successful Acquisitions. When targeting an acquisition it’s pretty easy to get lost in the numbers. After all, financial analysis is critical for acquisition financing, valuing the acquisition and seeing how the Company can add financial or enterprise value to the current business.…

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