Comments on: Your business: Grow it and hold it? https://berkonomics.com/?p=2425&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grow-it-and-hold-it-is-yours-a-salable-business Dave Berkus' business insights Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:37:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: David R Fournier https://berkonomics.com/?p=2425&cpage=1#comment-73178 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:37:28 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=2425#comment-73178 One way to accomplish this is to “repay” your investors initial investment as profits allow. Though they retain their equity you remove much of their urgency for a financial event and assure their not losing money on the deal. This can also be a vehicle to negotiate away other unwanted concessions made during the funding process.

]]> By: Jess Jessop https://berkonomics.com/?p=2425&cpage=1#comment-73176 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:16:45 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=2425#comment-73176 Thanks again for a thought provoking article. My question is: is there a middle path? Can you have the high $ investors required for rapid growth and plan long term?

Are there VCs who actually, not just words, have a longer event horizon? Eternity Archive is a enterprise that is all about the long view and our current plan of 5-7 years to liquidity feels a bit artificial and rushed. But what can you do? We have to play with pieces we are given.

]]>