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5 Types of Loans to Help Investors Grow Their CRE Portfolios

ReadWriteStart

It isn’t difficult to find deals when building your commercial real estate (CRE) portfolio. CRE is one of the most lucrative portfolios , offering advantages over residential investments, although interest rates can be higher. For example, some investors may use multiple loan types to keep their CRE portfolio growing.

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What’s Really Going on in the VC Industry? What Does it Mean for Startups?

Both Sides of the Table

You’ll notice that Harvard lost 30% of the entire value of its portfolio. He acknowledged the importance of the growing seed fund movement in creating a new wave of cost-effective innovation. He then profiled his portfolio company FourSquare who started with a very small investment.

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Cash Flow Matters: Accounts Receivable Financing Fuels New Model Of Working Capital

YoungUpstarts

It’s this battle to control the stop and go nature of start-up cash flow that is driving growth in accounts receivable financing, also known as factoring. No interest accrues and no debt is added to your company balance sheet. Understanding Factoring. Anticipating Cash Flow Needs.

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ESADE Business School Commencement Speech

Steve Blank

Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast.

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Why Small Community Lenders Have Your Back

Up and Running

The explanation for the discrepancy is simple: large banks are focused on sourcing and scaling loans over one million dollars, cross-selling products to their customers, and driving down costs through standardized operating procedures and technology. CDFI program awardees financed 13,300 businesses. Meet the community lenders.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. The parallels to the music industry are too obvious even though the industry players, the medium and the cost structures are different. Finance where needed. We need some visibility.

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Investor Perspective: How to Write a Killer Business Plan

The Startup Magazine

Spend some time understanding their preferences, any portfolio gaps and the right terminology to use in your plan. A cost/benefit analysis for customers can evidence how any competitive advantage is not easily surpassable. Plenty of information is available on the Mercia website through our Insights section.