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Texas Business Radio With Lantern Capital Advisors

Texas Business Radio with their National Showcase caught up with Chris Risey from Lantern Capital Advisors to discuss how to grow a business using more capital.  Businesses with access to limited capital are challenged to grow and Lantern helps clients understand their options as it relates to where they want to take their business.  

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  • Are Dividend Recaps A Smart Move For Entrepreneurs? October 21, 2024
    In this white paper by Chris Risey, we explore if dividend recaps are a smart move for entrepreneurs. It’s easy to see why private equity funds might do a dividend recap. But, would a dividend recap be a smart move for entrepreneurs too – even those with no intention of selling?  On the surface, most owners may […]
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  • Owners Beware…Selling a business often leads to “Profound Regret”! Consider an internal buyout! August 20, 2024
    I was recently told a statistic that I thought was shocking. A survey in 2018 found that 76% of business owners regret selling their business a year after the sale.  Surprised by this statistic, I went in search of the source of this stat, which turned out to be from the Exit Planning Institute.  But it turns out the […]
    Chris Risey
  • Revenue Based Financing Case Study May 6, 2024
    Revenue based financing is a debt product that is essentially a 4-5 year term loan with a 2X payback to the investors. The product payment terms for revenue based financing are not fixed. The payment terms are based on the monthly revenues of the borrower and are variable according to the monthly revenue of the […]
    Chris Risey
  • Why banks ask for personal guarantees when a business needs a loan April 30, 2024
    If you've ever gone to the bank asking for more capital and been turned down, you know why it is. Banks are typically not interested to heap unlimited amounts of capital on any company that comes to its doorstep, let alone a self-employed entrepreneur.  The post Why banks ask for personal guarantees when a business […]
    Chris Risey
  • Three Key Tools of Corporate Financial Planning April 24, 2024
    Ask your team:  What would you do if you had all the capital you needed to grow your company to its full potential? The post Three Key Tools of Corporate Financial Planning appeared first on Financing Gazelles.
    Chris Risey
  • Working With High Growth Companies April 22, 2024
    A lot of the companies Lantern Capital Advisors works with could be labeled as high growth companies. We define a high growth company as a business that can grow at a rate of 20% or more and do that for multiple years in a row. Lantern likes working with companies like that because the energy […]
    Chris Risey
  • Using Capital To Grow Your Business September 19, 2023
    Texas Business Radio Featured Chris Risey, President of Lantern Capital Advisors as part of their national advisor showcase to discuss how entrepreneurs are using capital to grow their business. Lantern Capital Advisors helps clients understand their options and match their financing needs as it relates to raising capital. The post Using Capital To Grow Your Business appeared first […]
    Chris Risey
  • The Rise of “Dequity” August 21, 2023
    I was talking with a banker the other day and he used a term that I hadn’t heard before but made a lot of sense. He said, they make ‘dequity’ investments. What he meant was they make loans but the risk they take and the way they look at underwriting loans is similar to an […]
    Chris Risey
  • What’s your EBITDA? June 1, 2023
    by doing a group exercise where the participants have to look at a simple set of financial statements and calculate a Company’s EBITDA (earnings before taxes depreciation and amortization). This is the most commonly used financial short hand for understanding the operating cash flows a company generates. The post What’s your EBITDA? appeared first on […]
    Chris Risey
  • Corporate Financial Planning: The Value of a Process Change May 9, 2023
    One strategy that often gets overlooked is implementing a business process change. However, since most companies are valued based on a multiple of cash flow not revenues, finding ways to improve existing business processes can lead to significant growth in enterprise value.  The post Corporate Financial Planning: The Value of a Process Change appeared first […]
    Chris Risey
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