Wendy's focus and dedication has always been in the Talent space, and has worked across many diverse industries from Telecoms to Airlines, as well as
more established businesses such as Dell.
Beyond these infrequent investments, many family offices
seek more established businesses with stable revenues and more moderate risk than the startups and emerging companies that VC's and angels back.
The hope with separating the Match Group, and
combining more established businesses (like Match and Meetic) with earlier stage businesses (like Tinder), is that the move will lead to significant cash flow generation and meaningful growth potential.
They want to make bigger loans to
more established businesses with high credit scores and will often offer unsecured loans only to companies they see as low - risk.
And, as easy as it would be to write these conversations off as just the latest manifestation of the generational conflicts that are seemingly rampant today, it's a much harder argument to make when you're talking about startups, where there really aren't as many age gaps as you might find in larger and
more established businesses.
From those archetypal startup perks, free food and a foosball table, to more outlandish experiments like company - wide international travel or unlimited vacation, tech companies often blaze the way for others, experimenting with ideas that later spread to larger,
more established businesses.
But if you're a bit older and the owner of
a more established business, what good could this information possibly do you?
And because they're larger,
more established businesses than what we see on Dragons» Den for the most part, the opportunity is probably more significant.
Most lenders prefer to offer a LOC to
more established businesses with a track record and revenues to support the more flexible financing provided by a line of credit.
Meanwhile,
more established businesses that have shown profitability and sound management stand a better chance of securing credit at a competitive interest rate.
To lend to
more established business, consider purchasing corporate bonds or corporate bond funds.
Most lenders prefer to offer a LOC to
more established businesses with a track record and revenues to support the more flexible financing provided by a line of credit.
More established businesses with higher expenses will find that the annual - fee cards offer better reward potential.
Bigger banks tend to make bigger loans to
more established businesses.
I identified about 30 startups plus 11
more established businesses.