Raising Money

Episode 38: Growing By Acquisition Through A Downturn

Today’s episode in our series about growing through a downturn is about acquisitions. This can be a great way to grow, but great caution must still be exercised. Doing an acquisition into an industry that usually falls deeply during a downturn could be a big problem. We may or may not be in a recession,…

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Episode 37: Preserving Cash In The Worst Of It So You Can Live To Grow Later

We’re continuing our series about continuing to grow during a downtown today. But, actually, sometimes you might not be able to do very much growing. You may have to just focus on sustaining yourself, which means preserving cash. Of course it’s better to grow, but maintaining the status quo before figuring out exactly what you’re…

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Episode 24: Austin Sherman, Co-Founder of Big Easy Bucha, Shares Some of The Benefits Of Working With Equity Investors and Getting Your Numbers Straight As He Recaps His Journey To A Successful Exit

In this episode we’re joined by the charismatic and creative Austin Sherman, who co-founded a kombucha business from scratch. Like any business owner, he’s seen his share of ups and downs, but they led to an exit to a large multinational company. Austin shares his entire journey building and exiting from Big Easy Bucha. As…

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Episode 23: The Pros and Cons of Bringing in Equity Investors

Today we discuss working with equity investors. Small business owners can be hesitant to bring in equity investors, but there can be good reasons to consider this path. Equity capital is almost always more expensive than debt capital, but it can enable you to grow much faster than you otherwise would have. Join us as…

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Episode 22: Making the Banks Come to You

In this episode, David and Eric link the discussion of financial analysis to making banks want you. There can be good cases for using other people’s money to help accelerate your growth. There is so much confusion with businesses about what banks’ objectives and restrictions are. We clarify this before diving into financial analysis. If…

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