Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2017

It’s been more than 25 years since Bill Gates dismissed retail banks as “dinosaurs,” but the statement may be as true today as it was then. Banking for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been astonishingly unaffected by the rise of the Internet.

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Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Pre-Great Recession - banks competed for business acquisition loans and I remember one client’s summary that had eight banks, eight approvals, seven banks using the SBA loan guarantee program (called SBA loans from now on) and my client took the non-SBA offer. Buyers, banks and especially sellers! Who benefits?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2023

This idea has been echoed by some of the most influential figures in the business and finance world, including Professor Michael Porter, Michael Lewis, and Warren Buffett. Investment banks made huge profits along the way, and often knew that these securities were overvalued and going to fail.

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BCG

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Yet that income stream is weakening, as low-risk investment yields dip toward 0% and central banks continue to drain the bond markets. Increasingly, managers find themselves in sometimes heated debate, pitted against their companies’ actuaries, product managers, risk and finance executives, and boards of directors.

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

If you buy a property for 20% down, with the bank financing the rest, and it goes up in value by just 10%, your profit is 50%. (I’ll But if conditions change, if fertilizer is hard to get, if there’s a glut–well, the bank still does fine, but the farmer can get wiped out. Debt is a financial miracle.

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

” A plan helps detail how the opportunity is to be seized, what success looks like, and what resources are required, and it can be key to the investment decisions of angel investors, banks, and venture capitalists. Better-financed startups are more likely to succeed. Not examining the context for planning has another side effect.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

discounted cash flow (DCF)) and to check if the M&A between two companies would result in an accretive or dilutive situation. The technical interviews were just like any investment banking interviews which involved a lot of finance, accounting, valuation, DCF, and M&A model questions.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2016

Also, as we explained in an earlier article , we believe that being an established CEO of a small firm involves much less angst than being a senior member of a consulting, investment banking, or private equity firm. million EBITDA company for 4x paying $6 million and using 50% debt financing.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Sixty percent of them delayed their exit by at least two years, as per a study by Sun Trust Bank. It’s not reckless money like it was 15 years ago but financing options abound, including for lower middle market and below sized deals. Cash flow is king (they don’t require full collateralization, but will take as much as they can).

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MishTalk

JULY 11, 2014

The question stems from lengthy (256 page PDF) from the BIS Annual Report (Bank for International Settlements) that stated among other things " The only source of lasting prosperity is a stronger supply side. Never before have central banks tried to push so hard. It is essential to move away from debt as the main engine of growth. "

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 3, 2017

I like their line, “If you’re merely keeping the lights on, then you have a boss: the bank.” It’s faster, cheaper, and easier to finance. You trade your capital for immediate cash flow, i.e. you get a paycheck on payday just like everybody else. Be ready to add value–even to a successful business.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

In the past, a community bank would have a relationship with the businesses on Main Street, and when it came time for a loan, there would be a wealth of informal information to augment the loan application. And they are allowing new sources of capital such as peer-to-peer lending to replace traditional bank capital.

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Business Consulting Agency

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Secure Adequate Funding and Manage Finances Wisely Funding is one of the primary challenges for startups. Startups typically consider options such as personal savings, bank loans, venture capital, angel investors, or crowdfunding to secure necessary funding.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 7, 2013

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. With little or no bank lending growth, decelerating wage growth, and trend growth of real GDP per capita at 0% to negative implies the 3- and 5-year change rates of US M2+ will decelerate from 2-3% to 0-1% in the next 5-6 years as occurred during the early to late 00s in Japan.

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Asamby Consulting

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Work with contractors To get over that initial cash-flow issue, it can make sense to rely on contractors instead of employees. Build some cash reserves If you intend to grow your service-based business by bringing on employees, you'll need some runway for that. It's chasing your own tail.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

To better understand businesses’ financial preparation for and management of disasters, my colleagues and I partnered with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to survey firms in the New York area one year after Hurricane Sandy. Firms applied for credit to finance recovery. Challenge risk financing conventions.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

A comprehensive survey of financial executives concluded that “repurchases are made out of the residual cash flow after investment spending.” Fewer companies would go public, instead financing themselves by taking on more debt. The evidence suggests this view is more accurate. It takes no skill to simply spend money.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

Chicago finances are even worse than I thought which is saying quite a bit because I have written about the sorry state of Chicago finances on numerous occasion. Many of these uses of bond proceeds are not eligible for tax-exempt financing under the federal tax code." Who Is Kristi Culpepper? You should be.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

In a follow up HBR article , we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks and distilled seven key insights from those discussions. Based on these insights, we now propose a new blueprint for financial reporting of digital companies.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

“It takes time to get a consistent cash flow going. Find an accountant who can help you set up your finances and make tax filing easier. With help from those professionals, she established an S Corporation , got an employer identification number from the IRS , opened a business bank account, and set up payroll with Gusto.

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MishTalk

JUNE 26, 2015

BitGold just completed a financing for C$18 million, which included some top name institutional investors. After this financing, BitGold’s two main owners are the shareholders of GoldMoney and Roy Sebag, whose understanding of gold is as deep as anyone I have ever met.

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