Getting your startup funded is not a small challenge. It’s even harder when your startup is at an early stage when there is no “field” proof that could indicate the chances of its success, like a working product, happy customers, steady income etc. in the early stage of a startup, founders need to prove investors…
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WHAT IS REVENUE-BASED FINANCING? Revenue-based financing (RBF), also known as royalty-based financing, is a unique form of financing provided by RBF investors to small- to mid-sized businesses in exchange for an agreed-upon percentage of a business’ gross revenues. The capital provider receives monthly payments until his invested capital is repaid, along with a multiple of…
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After the past year, many companies are reflecting on their values and how they can make a positive impact in their communities. Finding better ways to interact with the world is not just good business sense, but helps a company become a positive force, leading to a more sustainable, thriving community for everyone. Collaborating with…
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CRYPTOCURRENCY NEWS Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University On Sept. 7, 2021, El Salvador will become the first country to make bitcoin legal tender. The government even went a step further in promoting the cryptocurrency’s use by giving US$30 in free bitcoins to citizens who sign up for its national digital wallet, known as “Chivo,” or…
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A company named JCR Capital sent me an email flyer several months ago advertising their equity capital for value-add real estate investments. Value-add commercial real estate investments typically target properties that have in-place cash flow, but they seek to increase that cash flow over time by making improvements to, or repositioning, the property. In other…
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Last week I wrote a blog about how historically aggressive private money commercial bridge lenders are getting. This month George Smith Partners, the big commercial mortgage banking company (the original founder started George Smith & Company decades before I founded Blackburne & Sons forty years ago) released a newsletter, FinFacts, containing the following tombstone: “George…
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Nearly a decade ago, there was a foreclosure crisis. Realtors were buying old houses and flipping them. Now, the strategy is to buy new and rent out. This new asset class that is taking the private equity market by storm. It started in Arizona, spread to the Sunbelt, and is now spreading across the country.…
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This may be the most instructive training article that I have written in several years, so I strongly encourage you to study it. (Note: This is NOT the subject vet clinic.) Sometimes in the commercial loan business, you have to value a property based strictly on a capitalization rate (“cap rate”). Several years ago, I…
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You own a small business. Your business is just recovering from the COVID Crisis. Wow, that PPP loan sure came in handy. There are some great business opportunities out there, assuming you can find enough employees; but you’re scared. It’s been 13 years since the Great Recession. Isn’t the next stock market crash and a…
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