Built to Win: The Capital Raising Mindset


Capital Raising

While financial markets are often not equated with athletics, capital raising has a lot in common with sports: there is a clear objective, the playing field is constantly changing, competition is fierce and mental factors often separate winning and losing. When walking the narrow path between triumph and defeat, a strong, flexible mindset is vital. […]

August 21, 2023

Capital Raising and Stock Option Plans


Capital Raising

For companies that are raising capital, one key investor concern is the company’s ability to attract and retain talent to drive the company’s business forward and respond to challenges that arise along the way. This is a significant challenge for companies that are at an early growth stage, because they often do not have the […]

December 16, 2022

Capital and Shareholder Value


Capital Raising

Many companies that search for funding only focus on the amount of capital to be raised. But capital is the economic combination of costs and benefits and at times investment terms and conditions can do more harm to a business than good. This article discusses the economic structure of financial capital and argues that companies […]

September 19, 2021

Spot Market vs. Long-Term Capital Raising Strategies


Capital Raising

Most companies that need capital try to raise it as quickly as possible. This strategy is often based on the view that capital raising is expensive, uses scarce firm resources and diverts the company’s attention away from other important business activities. While this approach may sound reasonable, it often does not lead to the best […]

September 12, 2021

Capital Raising Bright Side and Dark Side Myths


Capital Raising

As with anything in life, it is easy for the capital raising process to devolve into an inescapable labyrinth of our own perceptions about the strength of our business model, investors and markets, regardless of whether or not those perceptions match reality. At all times on the capital raising path, we must be on guard […]

March 8, 2019