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10 Financing Alternatives For Your Next New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

I often get asked about the real alternatives to bridge this valley, and there are some good ones I will outline here. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Set expectations accordingly.

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10 Expert Tips To Help You Manage Your Business’ Finances More Accurately

YoungUpstarts

Statistics show that only about half of businesses survive their first four years. One of the biggest reasons both big and small businesses fail is due to financial troubles whether that be from not managing money correctly; not being able to afford supplies, equipment, and/or rent to stay in business; and/or merely not being profitable.

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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

We drew this conclusion after a meeting we had with Morgan Stanley where they showed us historical 15 & 20 year valuation trends and we all discussed what we thought this meant. We could talk with customers, meet the entire management team, review financial plans, review customer purchasing cohorts, evaluate the competition, etc.

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Arif Bhalwani, CEO of Third Eye Capital, on the ‘Golden Age’ of the Private Credit Market

The Startup Magazine

TEC is one of Canada’s largest and most experienced private credit firms, specializing in providing asset-based capital solutions to companies that are underserved or overlooked by traditional sources of financing, primarily banks. The firm has made more than $4.5 You’ve called this era of private credit the “Reformation Age.”

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. Nobody cared about our valuations any more. But this is still all about valuations and none of it is any fun anymore. Until we weren’t.

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10 Keys To Surviving Startup Cash Flow Requirements

Startup Professionals Musings

I often get asked about the real alternatives to bridge this valley, and there are some good ones I will outline here. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. It always reduces risk to plan your business first. Set expectations accordingly.

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6 Myths On Starting A New Business That Can Kill You

Startup Professionals Musings

Starting a new business is fraught with challenges, and none of us has the bandwidth to kill them all. In reality, it is important to know the basics of all roles, but it’s counterproductive to try to be an expert or attempt to micro-manage every task. Business success is all about having a winning idea.

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