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Finance, Startups

How Rising Interest Rates Will Affect the Venture Capital Market

Lorne Noble
April 11, 2022

The venture capital (VC) landscape has been on fire, with over 13,000 deals done in 2021 alone for a record investment of nearly $330 billion. One of the many factors that fueled this explosion in VC capital is the historically low interest rates we’ve seen over the last decade. Now, that favorable interest rate…

Finance, Startups

How to Prepare for Venture Capital Due Diligence (and How an Outsourced CFO Can Help)

Lorne Noble
March 21, 2022

When your company is at a point where you need a substantial infusion of cash to fund your next milestones, a venture capital (VC) investment might be the right solution. Before you approach a VC firm though, you need to be ready to withstand their due diligence. Exactly what is VC due diligence, and…

Finance, Startups

Your Runway For Pitching to Investors

Lorne Noble
October 11, 2021

What is a Financial Runaway? In the startup world, the concept of your financial runway is used to assess the number of months until new capital needs to be raised (or you need to find more cash) so your business can survive and keep on growing. It’s all about making sure that you know…

Finance, Startups

How to Use Your Funding Effectively

Lorne Noble
July 22, 2021

As a startup, securing that much needed funding is a huge deal and deserves to be celebrated! But after you’ve taken a moment to celebrate this victory, it’s time to get down to business. It’s one thing to secure funding, but it’s a whole other ballpark ensuring that you’re using this funding in the…

CPG Companies, Startups

What Makes a Good Distributor?

Lorne Noble
June 14, 2021

What is a Distributor? Most consumer goods (CPG) brands and companies will start off using self-distribution because it’s the most cost effective option at the time. But as your business grows and your inventory expands, self-distribution is no longer a viable option. And that’s when you’ll likely start looking for a distributor. Distribution is…

CPG Companies, Startups

What Makes a Good CPG Broker?

Lorne Noble
March 9, 2021

Becoming a High Growth CPG Brand So you’ve started a consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand and you’ve had some initial success with your product, but you want more. You want to figure out how to reach that high growth success and become THE product everyone is buying and talking about. But how do you…