Shawn Baldwin discusses the current state of the capital markets and finance at the Wharton MBA Conference with Ali Velshi of CNN, Robert Kapito of BlackRock and Wendell Motley of Credit SuisseREAD»
A reader asks:
“How do you set a valuation for a start-up company?”
I’ll answer the question with a few other questions (and answers) of my own:
How much money do you need?
First, figure out how much money you need to run ...READ»
If you are looking for an investor
and decide to work with a group or an individual angel investor you
need to know what they are likely to propose for a deal structure. If you are a working with an experienced angel investor it is ...READ»
If you were seeking capital
for start-up or business growth and were asked by an investor or
venture capitalist what have you invested in your business, what can
you say? How will you respond when they ask, “What are you ...READ»
First, I don’t believe the government should be the ones telling
banks what to lend or not to lend. The banker is the one that needs to
decide if someone is a good credit risk or not based on what level of risk they
want to ...READ»
Recently we discussed the possibility of SBA lending becoming more difficult.
The $375 million appropriated to the SBA for
decreased loan origination fees and an increased loan guarantee of 90%
was the foundation for an ...READ»
Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspeculation.comIf you've read our bookThe Big Gamble: Are You Investing or Speculating, you may have made the connection between passages of our book and a recent Forbes.com article entitled, Benjamin ...READ»
Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspeculation.comNationalization. The word makes one shudder! It might even drudge up old images of the hammer and sickle or Mao's men marching in khaki uniforms! We've already mentioned the ...READ»
Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspeculation.com Instead of jumping on the bandwagons of the latest hot trends and letting irrational exuberance push prices up to the unsustainable levels that create financial bubbles, everyone now ...READ»
