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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…

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…

What Drives Up Multiples in Enterprise Value?

February 5, 2018April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Corporate Financial Planning: What Drives up Multiples? Chris Risey Last newsletter, I provided a short (as I could) explanation of how to calculate enterprise value (EV) and why EV is an important topic for internal planning, valuing private company acquisitions, management buyouts and partner buyouts. A common follow-up question I get related to…

Get More Capital From Your Bank - Example

Getting More From Your Bank – Example

September 27, 2017April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Getting More From Your Bank - Example In the last post, I made the point that if you want more capital from your bank and they won’t give it you, then then go out and get financing proposals from another bank and your existing bank is likely to step up…

Getting More Capital Out of Your Bank

August 25, 2017April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Getting More Capital Out of Your Bank Growing companies often struggle to get enough capital to grow the way they want. Its not uncommon for business owners to wine and dine their banker then ask for a credit increase and be denied. A way to change that dynamic is to…

10 Strategies To Raise Capital Effectively

November 10, 2016April 24, 2024 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,…

How To Get Funding Sources Interested In Your Business

August 15, 2016April 24, 2024 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

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 that have a need for what they’ve got. Entrepreneurs are the most interesting…

High Growth Companies In A Slow Growth Industry

June 20, 2009April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

One of our clients is a fast growing market research firm. They received an industry report from one of the gurus of the industry. Overall, revenues for leading market research companies were down slightly in 2008 and contracted by 1%. More interesting to us, was there were three companies that…

10 Strategies To Raise Capital Effectively

November 10, 2008April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Below 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…

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