Tag Archives: Business Financing

Perfect Business Financing — Maybe No Outside Equity

February 20th, 2014

Many of the businesses that I end up working with in my investment fund, Greybull Stewardship, do not need outside equity capital — of the traditional sort.  They are growing and profitable and creating real value already. I learn about perfect business financing from them.… Continue reading →

Best Financing Source for a Business: Its Customers

November 18th, 2013

Financing growth for your business with cash from customers, rather than more expensive debt or equity, makes your ownership even more powerful.  In most of the investments made into operating companies by Greybull Stewardship, my investment fund, our operating companies get paid by customers before… Continue reading →

You Are What You Eat (or Where You Get Your Investment)

November 26th, 2012

“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” said French lawyer and epicure Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.  Similarly, tell me where you got the investment for your business and I will tell you what is in store for your business. Each… Continue reading →