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Mark Hauser’s Hauser Private Equity Spearheads Major Deals in Industrial Sector

The Startup Magazine

With over three decades of experience in private equity investments, acquisitions and mergers, Mark Hauser has developed a keen ability to recognize trends and do his due diligence. Their investment supported Stat Health’s recapitalization, alongside Spanos Barber Jesse & Co.

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What Do I Do If My Business Runs Out Of Cash?

YoungUpstarts

The fast options to get business cash are: Collecting from customers. Each of these options has negative ramifications – bad customer experience, personal financial strain, and high-interest rates, respectively speaking. Customers not paying invoices. Research and development. Owner cash infusion or loan. Administration.

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Survivors

Both Sides of the Table

I worked with a founder who advocated for a product pivot and then shut it down right after launch because customers didn’t immediately sign up. You find out those that have the fortitude to work out a new way forward, who can handle recapitalizations or downsizing or shutting down business lines or hiring whole new teams.

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The Silliness Of Recapping Seed Rounds

Feld Thoughts

The feedback is “come back when you’ve made more progress with customers.” So they recapitalize the company. And developing a reputation for recapping seed rounds is, in my book, silly. The product gets a lot better. They go out to raise a Series A, but there are no takers.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors: Part 2.

venturehacks.com

For example, they introduce the company to a key customer or investor. They know all your prospective customers intimately. YC acts like a super advisor, not an investor—and YC makes their companies happen by helping develop the company’s product, introducing them to investors, and branding their companies.

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Startup Founder Agreements

blog.simeonov.com

I have been thinking a lot recently about how to apply agile development principles to investing and key aspects of startup development such as team building. The only way to remove their equity holding in the cap table is by buying them out or through a recapitalization of the company.

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