When Disaster Strikes: Cash, Customer, and Vendor Shocks
Mike Tyson famously said, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Nobody can perfectly plan for major business... Read More
Mike Tyson famously said,... Read More
Lifeblood
Where’s The Finance Talent At?
I spend a lot of time talking to finance professionals. The team, candidates, members of finance teams at clients, other colleagues, friends,... Read More
I spend a lot... Read More
Protecting the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Entrepreneurship is sometimes characterized as jumping off a cliff and figuring out how to construct the parachute on the way down. Essentially... Read More
Entrepreneurship is sometimes characterized... Read More
Fighting Corona: Working Capital and Liquidity Impacts
In March, Boeing, one of the largest and most prominent companies in the United States, had two pieces of news hit the... Read More
In March, Boeing, one... Read More
The Limits of Traditional Finance Models
The leaders of small and midsize businesses (SMBs) can have it tough when it comes to working with finance providers, both in... Read More
The leaders of small... Read More
Don’t Be a Pig
There’s a common investment banking saying about less-than-ideal clients. It’s “putting lipstick on the pig,” referring to dressing up a company as... Read More
There’s a common investment... Read More
The Working Capital Value Trap
There is often debt aversion in small or family-run businesses. Many leave excess cash in the company to not stress about working... Read More
There is often debt... Read More
Strategy Defines the Capital
More companies need to fight to ensure that business strategy drives their capital structure, and not the other way around with the... Read More
More companies need to... Read More
The Three R’s of Capital
The key to capital raising is getting the right people on the other side of the table, and then winning them over.... Read More
The key to capital... Read More
Viewed Through The Lens of Finance
You might have the best product. A sexy widget. So amazing it sells itself. Except when it comes to capital. When you... Read More
You might have the... Read More