Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

He tells the story of how he was out of cash, stressed out, nobody in LA or Silicon Valley would give him money, he had finally found an investor in Minneapolis but his venture bank was going to shut him down for breaking a “covenant&# in their agreement by not having enough cash in the bank. The answer?

Acquisition 304

Acquisition Warrant Customer Term Sheet 304

Hunter Walker

APRIL 17, 2025

We hired a strong mid-market banker, Lightning Partners to help us with the process and got an introduction to Bending Spoons in April of 2024. The most important aspect of venture debt is to fully understand the covenants, essentially business operations collateral, to which you are agreeing. I cant emphasize this enough.

Covenant 77

Covenant Acquisition IPO Artificial Inteligence 77

Tim Keane

MARCH 9, 2011

  His entire income is based on his personal output and he’d like to hire several woodworkers, expand his sales to existing customers, and generate a profit in addition to his contributed labor.    Appropriate covenants. Maybe Small Business Administration guaranteed loan.   Appropriate covenants.

Finance 83

Finance Bootstrapping Startup Equity 83

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. The mode purpose for funding is (in order of frequency) Sales, Marketing, Market Expansion, Product Development, and Hiring Employees. The average monthly operating expenses is $70,335.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The entrepreneurs did say that they wanted the business expertise of one of the sharks. But there are other ways that they could have gotten business expertise to complement their own skills. The most obvious one would be to hire somebody.

Covenant 162

Covenant Warrant Southern California Los Angeles 162