Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

This seems like an easy topic – debt where there is appropriate cash flow, equity when there isn’t.    And, while debt is less costly than equity, it can bankrupt a company more quickly than more expensive equity might. Business success is the ultimate goal. .  This is an equity example, of course. 

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2012

If they mailed the catalogs at each individual city location from southern Illinois no northern Wisconsin, they'd get there in time.   This whole thing was funded with a home equity line of credit and resulted in a substantial loss for the year of 1989. They paid for the reprints, the mailing and the plane charter.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 20, 2009

  A successfully bootstrapped start-up allows the entrepreneur to retain more equity (Gianforte hung on to 60% up to the IPO) and provides a lot more control and freedom from competing goals of various investors.  John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model. Resources for startups.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

The investors and the entrepreneurs are – or should be – aware that the price of the company’s equity is set by the market – in simplest terms, what an informed buyer is willing to pay.   As a starting point, these become market comparable discussions based on other similar transactions within a recent timeframe and similar business.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 8, 2009

  Other times, early success means keeping the equity "in the family" of entrepreneur and colleagues.   Other times, early success means keeping the equity "in the family" of entrepreneur and colleagues. John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.

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Tim Keane

AUGUST 20, 2009

So, one of my questions for Jason is really if investors terms are "ridiculous," or even if they're not, shouldn't bootstrapping provide a much superior outcome for the company than equity investment?    This is fundamental to their business model.  Resources for startups. Google Ads.

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Tim Keane

JUNE 7, 2006

Of course, this is not a compensation issue; whatever equity deal she makes with each board member should outlast their tenure.). Of course, this is not a compensation issue; whatever equity deal she makes with each board member should outlast their tenure.). John Mullins: Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model.

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