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Re:How to proceed when you run out of cash, but you still be... by daxorid on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @06:23PM (#21708272)
Indeed. The flip-side to this is that speculative investment on unprofitable moonshots seems to be where ALL the equity-finance money is.

My company reliably earns low-7-figures on high-7-figures revenue, with respectable but not amazing growth, but the only capital "market" open to us is bank loans and merchant financing.

Nobody cares about boring profitability.

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Re:How to proceed when you run out of cash, but you still be... by scarface74 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @06:36PM (#21708356)
Why is that a bad thing? If you are profitable, why would you want to give up equity and control?
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Re:How to proceed when you run out of cash, but you still be... by x0x0 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @06:40PM (#21708372)
Serious question -- why would you want something besides a bank loan? Because a loan at a couple of percent is way cheaper than VC, who will typically want at least 20% of your company?
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