Tag Archives: Finance

Fire Your Worst Customers

How valuable are your customers? Maybe a better question is how valuable are your best customers? The quest for the most valuable customers started in the 19th Century with Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto. Pareto found that 20% of your effort will generate 80% of your results, called the 80/20 rule. Continue reading →

Posted in Social Impact by Ethan Lyon | Monday, January 30th, 2012 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Hillary, Brown Support $500 M Taliban Deal

Let’s say you’re in $100,000 debt. Would you care about trying to finance a BMW? Would you care about keeping up with the Jones’? No. You’re fighting to put food on the table, not worrying about a sexy car or the size of your house. Continue reading →

Posted in Social Impact by Ethan Lyon | Monday, February 1st, 2010 | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Funding Innovation for Entrepreneurs

Innovation is a process that involves creating, advancing, refining, and executing (see full Entrepreneur.com article). Most innovation projects have an unprofitable startup period. To sustain innovation projects, you’ll need a combination of investment and sweat equity with the promise of reward over time. Large-scale innovation projects can take significant money and many years… Continue reading →

Posted in Startups & Innovation by David Capece | Thursday, January 14th, 2010 | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Guide to Startup Funding

It takes courage, vision, and commitment to become a successful entrepreneur. It also helps to have access to money as you grow your business from an idea to a successful company. We share the basics on fundraising and provide a … Continue reading →

Posted in Startups & Innovation by Ethan Lyon | Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Effective Strategies for Chief Financial Officers

I was recently asked by an incoming CFO to provide my opinion on what the ideal CFO should be focused on. Today, the CFO is much more than an accountant and reporter of earnings, there is the opportunity to provide strategic impact in collaborating with the management team to shape the business. The below recommendations for those aspiring to be the perfect CFO, incorporate ideas from… Continue reading →

Posted in Social Impact by Ethan Lyon | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 | Tagged | 2 Comments

Emerging Trends: Private Eye

Our search for the truth has lead us to value realism over idealism, and break down stereotypes to realize the potential in everyone. Continue reading →

Posted in Market Trends by David Capece | Friday, May 1st, 2009 | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

Emerging Trends: Darwinism

In our dog-eat-dog world, the laws of survival are pushing us to adapt or die. Continue reading →

Posted in Market Trends by David Capece | Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Bank Financing for Established Businesses

While each deal is evaluated on a case by case basis, these five things should help you get a feeling of how your credit request will go. Continue reading →

Posted in Social Impact by David Capece | Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 | Tagged | 2 Comments

Alternative to Debt: Equity Financing Pros

If you are smooth-sailing company, with the wind behind your cashflows, you have control over where you’re going. But, if you don’t have the wind on your side, you’re going to need the help of someone else. If you’re in a less predictable business with higher growth curves, you might want to consider the alternative, equity financing. Let’s discuss equity financing pros. Continue reading →

Posted in Social Impact by David Capece | Friday, March 20th, 2009 | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Debt Financing: A Lesson From the High Dive

If financing your business were like high diving, learn from your 4 and 5 scores. Find out why you didn’t meet the bank’s expectations and learn from it, so the next time you take that dive you can get that perfect 10. Continue reading →

Posted in Social Impact by David Capece | Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 | Tagged | 6 Comments

Finding Opportunity in the Dragon’s Den

If you knock on every VC door, you are going to be wasting your time as well as theirs. Look at the list of companies the VC firm has invested in and see if you could be on that list. It’s important to know what to expect before going to a VC firm. Here are some points of review before you knock on that door: Continue reading →

Posted in Startups & Innovation by David Capece | Thursday, March 12th, 2009 | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Investments with Wings

In today’s business environment, we need someone to look after us. Bad things are happening everywhere. And the climate is volatile–with winds that can knock down the Dow 381 points one day and up 379 another day. The future is uncertain and no one has a crystal ball. But angels can be your guardian–to guide you, through funding and real-world experience–to make your business future more secure. Continue reading →

Posted in Startups & Innovation by David Capece | Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Startup Survival Guide

With the economy shrinking, 2009 is the year for bootstrapping. Stay ahead of the curve with these 10 tips to help you make it through the tough times. The lessons you learn from bootstrapping will make you that much more successful when the market turns up. Continue reading →

Posted in Social Impact by David Capece | Friday, February 20th, 2009 | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments