10 Rules For Pitching To Investors
Dr. Chris Donegan posts his best advice for entrepreneurs pitching to investors. Make it short. The initial attention span of your audience is around 90 seconds. You can extend this to 3 minutes and...
Category: Finance
7 Cash Flow Ratios Every Investor Should Know
Whether you’re looking to sell a business or invest in one, certain key financial ratios are used to analyse the quality and financial health of the firm, its liquidity, solvency or its ability to...
Why 98% of Entrepreneurs Fail To Get The Investment They Seek
An excellent article from Arina Osiyannaya from The Business Funding Show on where the smart money and the sophisitcated investors go, the reasons why smaller businesses don’t get funding, and what you can do...
Private equity’s role in helping companies grow is often misunderstood
Andy Lyndon, Director of LDC Birmingham, presents that private equity’s role in helping companies grow is often misunderstood. He emphasises that when a PE firm takes a stake in the business they are backing...
Selling A Business? Lower Your Price To Sell For More Money
Price isn’t everything, argues Jason Fraler and goes on to explain that it’s the deal structure which determines the amount of money you make from the sale. High price gets you bragging rights, but...
Exiting Your Business Can Be Taxing
Joe Bazzano of Beacon Exit Planning LLC in the US discusses the tax implications of selling your business and explains how various decisions impact on the tax to which business owners find themselves subject....
Not all money is equal: Avoiding the toxic investor
Or why entrepreneurs should care about how Venture Capitalists choose who is investing in their funds i.e. who makes for a good L.P. (Limited Partner) and who doesn’t. Mark Suster, an entrepreneur turned VC,...
News: Australia Sees Launch Of Largest VC Fund
Woah, crikey, mate! AirTree Ventures just announced it has raised the largest venture fund Australia has seen to date. The fund will be split down the middle, half for an early-stage fund and half...
A Corporate Finance Trip Around The World
The corporate finance space is in flux, but how it’s changing depends on the market in which you stand. PYMNTS takes a quick trip across the globe to explore business finance trends in the...
Your business broker / advisor is making a LOT more on your deal than you think.
If you’ve hired a good business broker / investment bank you’re paying through the nose for their advice. You’re paying a retainer or advice fees and you’ll pay a hefty commission when you sell....
Supermodel Natalia Vodianova joins Disrupt in London. What further reason do you need to attend?
TechCrunch Disrupt in London is beginning to appear over the horizon. Today we’re delighted to say that we’ll also be joined by world-famous supermodel Natalia Vodianova. Last year Vodianova founded Elbi, an app which...
Financial Advisor M&A ‘Balloon’ Amid Regulatory Burdens
Mergers and acquisitions of or involving financial advisors and firms could double to 1,000, possible more, this year. This is partly driven by principals retiring, but the increasing burden of regulations is also playing...
Advisor Fees Business Owners Pay When Selling A Business
While advisors offer know-how that adds significant value to transactions, their complicated fee structures can be daunting and confusing. John Carvalho of Divestopedia explains broker / M&A advisor / Investment Banker fees when...
Cheap loans – the alternative to selling equity?
Madeleine Harrigan of Mercer Capital explains how cheap credit is driving companies to take loans rather than sell equity, and uses that to explain why the number of venture capital exits completed in the...
The Three Ways To Fail When Raising Capital
Richard Wilson of PrivateEquity.com has been working with institutional investors and family offices his whole career, first raising capital from these investors and then on the other side of the table. Over the years,...
6 Little Things That Make A Big Difference To Your Company’s Valuation
Themi Stergianos presents six things that would make a difference to your company’s valuation: 1. Find your lease 2. Professionalise your books 3. Stop using your company as an ATM 4. Protect your gross...
