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«The companies that have access to capital at attractive prices will have the most opportunities,» he notes.

By giving small farmers, who are responsible for 80 % of worldwide food output, access to capital at attractive rates, Smartlands intends to measurably increase global food output while improving environmental results.

Given that utilities may have access to capital at attractive rates this could be a win - win deal.

And your hope is that other socially responsible investors would make the same decision, thereby significantly increasing demand for the company's bonds and allowing the company to get access to capital at a lower interest rate.

Continued positive multifamily demand fundamentals and ready access to capital at attractive rates is fueling a surge in new apartment development, according to industry executives.

It remains to be seen if oil prices will remain low for a long period of time, but the Federal Reserve's actions, which have kept lending rates near record lows since 2009, have allowed airlines like Alaska access to capital at a reasonably cheap cost.

Not exact matches

Corporate venture - capital efforts also have the advantage of involvement with startups at the early stages, when they can most benefit from access to a large, established customer base, credibility through brand association and a larger network of partner companies and advisors.

«Small business owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caught up,» Mills said last month while introducing the borrowers rights bill in Washington.

«Toronto has many of the critical elements to become a digital media capital,» says Don Tapscott, author of Macrowikinomics and professor of management at the Rotman School of Management, noting the city's access to quality talent, good infrastructure and strong universities, as well as its large media presence.

The way it works is that a business sells its accounts receivables to the factor at a discount, giving the business immediate access to capital instead of waiting the 30 or 60 days for a customer to pay.

He noted that mega-incubators like 1871 are great places to get started because they enable entrepreneurs to avoid all kinds of costs and commitments that are bad uses of their scarce capital and — at the same time — to secure access to enormous amounts of «free» resources, education, networking and mentoring that will be crucial to their long - term success.

Here's a look at how the SEC's vote to remove the ban on general solicitation will impact access to capital in the startup community.

Talk of using the MBA experience as a place to fine - tune an idea, recruit partners, gain access to seed capital, and finally launch a startup is becoming as ubiquitous as discussions about forthcoming job interviews at McKinsey & Co. and Goldman Sachs.

A bipartisan bundle of legislation aimed at increasing entrepreneurs» ability to access capital sailed through the House, but has been slowed down in the Senate.

The fact that companies today are building most of their value pre-IPO versus post-IPO (if they IPO at all) means that investors who don't have access to high - quality venture capital and other private opportunities are missing out on considerable gains.

At the helm of the San Diego - based community development corporation, Small Business Finance, Kurt Chilcott works to help small - business owners get access to capital, especially through government - backed loan programs.

We may not be able to access the capital and credit markets on terms that are favorable to us, or at all.

«Increasing access to capital for small businesses, and getting rid of Dodd - Frank — it's not a one - to - one,» adds Mills, now a senior fellow at Harvard Business School and the lead author of a comprehensive 2014 working paper on the state of small - business lending.

Analysts at Calgary - based AltaCorp Capital Inc. said in a report published Monday that poor pipeline access has hurt Canadian energy companies to the extent that their stock prices have underperformed U.S. companies since the downturn of 2008 - 09.

Utah repeats at No. 3 this year, logging top 10 finishes in Economy and Business Friendliness and tying for first place (with California and Colorado) in Access to Capital, a category we've tweaked this year to include traditional lending along with venture cCapital, a category we've tweaked this year to include traditional lending along with venture capitalcapital.

If your Watson - powered startup shows promise, it becomes a «partner,» often via a quasi-incubator model, and enjoys access to IBM business and technology advisers — and a shot at a capital infusion from the $ 100 million IBM is making available to Watson startups, like those featured here.

And, he says, because funding is more readily available at the early stage, founders have access to capital — and that capital has fewer strings attached.

BH: The reason companies sold [at] between $ 10 and $ 50 million was simply that there was no access to growth - stage capital.

«The tax shield alone that the ESOP provides enables an ESOP to give a small business more debt, more senior credit, than they could get with other access to capital,» explains Mary Josephs, senior vice president of the Leveraged Finance Department at Chicago's LaSalle Bank Corp., an ESOP lender.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

In addition to factors previously disclosed in Tesla's and SolarCity's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the «SEC») and those identified elsewhere in this document, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from forward - looking statements and historical performance: the ability to obtain regulatory approvals and meet other closing conditions to the transaction, including requisite approval by Tesla and SolarCity stockholders, on a timely basis or at all; delay in closing the transaction; the ultimate outcome and results of integrating the operations of Tesla and SolarCity and the ultimate ability to realize synergies and other benefits; business disruption following the transaction; the availability and access, in general, of funds to meet debt obligations and to fund ongoing operations and necessary capital expenditures; and the ability to comply with all covenants in the indentures and credit facilities of Tesla and SolarCity, any violation of which, if not cured in a timely manner, could trigger a default of other obligations under cross-default provisions.

Congress should continue to encourage federal - state collaborations aimed at helping small businesses responsibly access capital from investors and customers in their regions and localities.

At a basic level, venture capital success comes down to the quality of sourcing, selection, access, value - add, and the exit.

Now, thanks to CMIT Solutions of South Charlotte, Poterack Capital Advisory has access to scalable, enterprise - level technology systems and support at a lower total cost of ownership.

With Personal Capital, their target threshold at $ 100,000 is much lower given their lower operating costs, thereby bringing access to the mass affluent community.

Users with at least $ 25,000 in investable assets have access to the Personal Capital wealth management product.

The Small Business Administration's 7 (a) loan program, for example, «requires that if there is collateral available to make a fully secured loan, the bank lender has an obligation to get it as collateral,» said Steven J. Smits, associate administrator for the office of capital access at the S.B.A..

While Canada's technology ecosystems of British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec demonstrate fairly robust access to talent, capital and markets, not all provincial regions are at the same point of maturity.

The platform allows investors to identify screened investment opportunities, reducing the time and cost burden of due diligence, and provides ventures and funds with increased access to capital and financial expertise at low cost.

Companies residing at JLABS also have access to core research labs hosting specialized capital equipment and shared administrative areas.

He believes public venture capital is a great opportunity for small business to get access to funds at lower cost and with fewer regulations than their U.S. counterparts.

Karen Mills, former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the keynote speaker at the event said, «Small business owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caught up.

Entrepreneurs might have less access to potential capital, with little ability to look at home equity since the housing market collapsed during the recession.

Because while Buffett's skill as an investor and an allocator of capital is well - documented, the single - biggest reason that no one else can invest like the Oracle of Omaha is that at this point in his career, he gets access to deals no one else does.

Investors and startups argue the new equity crowdfunding regulations increase access to capital for entrepreneurs, while at the same time giving investors more options.

NACO will continue to advocate for incentives and protections to ensure entrepreneurs can increasingly access much needed private risk capital at the right stage of their startup journey.

JOLT offers these selected companies working space at MaRS Discovery District, seed financing and mentorship, as well as access to seasoned partners and some of the top angel and venture capital investors in the industry.

Emerging market economies, such as India, Turkey, Indonesia, LatAm economies which have been a darling of investors even after 2008/09 financial crisis led to cheaper capital access to these economies and its corporates, a trend that continued for more than half a decade at rapid speed.

For faster access to capital, you'll want to look at alternative funding providers, who can give you access to capital in as few as 48 hours in some cases.

Members of the roundtable stressed the importance of looking at the entire life - cycle of a fintech company when discussing possible gaps in access to capital.

After taking a look at the «National Survey Access to Capital Among Minority Business Enterprises» 2015 report, I decided to write -LSB-...]

At Plug and Play Tech Center we realize this and have created ways for our startups to have structured access to Venture Capital Companies, Angel Investors and Plug and Play's own investment arm, Amidzad Partners.

«We are always looking for new approaches as well as access to new market segments that bring innovative investments to our clients» investment portfolios,» said James Price, Director, Investment Services and Capital Markets at Richardson GMP.

«Richardson GMP is the first wealth management firm to provide its clients with access to the VC asset class through our managed model, which bridges the gap between traditional wealth management and accessible venture capital via our new online investor platform,» said Mark Skapinker, Managing Partner at Brightspark.

While the exchange requires traders to confirm they are accredited investors with at least $ 5m in assets, all investors had to do to gain access to triple - leverage on their capital was click a button saying they were accredited.