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Startups and VCs Should Avoid “Pier” Funding

Both Sides of the Table

a loan) that is later converted to equity at the time of the next financing. If no financing happened then this “note&# may not be converted and thus would be senior to the equity of the company in the case of a bankruptcy or asset sale. You might have legitimate concerns that warrant not funding the ongoing operations.

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The Basics of Small Business Loans [WEBINAR]

Up and Running

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.