Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

“In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy.” The numerator (return) encourages more sales, which is fine. But “on capital employed” encourages companies to push more off balance sheet and thus into offshore & outsourced situations. ” Who else does Clayton pray for?

Bankruptcy 403

Bankruptcy Offshore Liquidation Preference Balance Sheet 403

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Lehman Brothers had filed for bankruptcy. I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. It was September 2008.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The Profit focuses on providing valuable advice to the chosen small business in hopes of rescuing them from impending bankruptcy or other struggles. In a recent episode, Mr. Lemonis assisted Eco-Me , a green cleaning products company, during a sales pitch meeting to a hotel chain. Manage Your Business, Don’t Let it Manage You.

Green 140

Green Balance Sheet Bankruptcy 140

Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2014

You may be a manufacturer or a distributor and you can buy the products that you sell for pennies on the dollar because one of your suppliers is having a fire sale. It’s automatically taken out of your account either a percentage of your sales or a fixed amount. No minimum sales from the sales standpoint.

Small Business 89

Small Business SBA Finance Bankruptcy 89

Ben's Blog

APRIL 1, 2011

If the sales team made unreasonable demands on the product organization, then that was my fault. At Loudcloud, when the dot com bubble burst and subsequently sent most of our customers into bankruptcy, it crippled our business and devastated our balance sheet. If we missed the quarterly earnings target, that was my fault.

Management 78

Management Cap Table Balance Sheet Bankruptcy 78

Gust

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Angel investors don’t expect to get repaid, nor do they really want to get repaid; the return on their investment, if the startup proves a success, will come in conversion to equity followed by an eventual liquidity event (sale or IPO of the company), with a return of at least 5x or 10x the initial investment if all goes well.

Finance 134

Finance Convertible Security Equity Seed Stage 134