Apples And Oranges – The Hidden Zero Yield Trick
Sunday, November 06
As we engage potential investors it consistently amazes me how many people fail to account for the virtually zero percent yield that their cash collects for them when it sits idly in their bank account. People will hold out for a killer deal that only comes along once every 2 years so that they ...
Providing Liquidity To Your Investors
Friday, October 28
There have been several topics lately related to providing liquidity to investors after you have invested the money in your projects. Whether you are using debt, equity, or some combination of the two the issue is similar. You need to invest the money for some period of time that potentially gr...
The Organizational Ineptitude Of Entrepreneurs
Thursday, October 20
I just got back from a syndication conference in Las Vegas where I learned a great deal about capitalizing business opportunities. One of the significant themes I have seen play out over and over again for the last several years is that entrepreneurs are resource short in this economy. Capital ...
The Art of Capitalizing Deals Creatively
Thursday, October 13
Our fund is about to bring in some new principals from some ventures I am working through another partnership. One of the main concerns from a potential partner was whether or not the fund would bring capital to the deals we are already working through that partnership. The answer to this was y...
Dropbox - The Ultimate Tool For Investor Transparency
Monday, October 10
We have been busy bees lately ramping up a niche construction business in east Austin. Our fund is actually issuing a separate class of shares for these opportunities because we have received a ton of interest from investors that want to invest in these deals exclusively. Dropbox.com has prove...
The Concept Of Convertible Shares In Co-Syndicated Funds
Wednesday, October 05
There are some exciting things I have been exposed to recently centered around a co-syndicated fund structure. In a co-syndication a number of promoters get together and each participate to raise a lot of money together for a common cause. For instance, 10 investors can each raise $500k from th...