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Looking to Avoid Major Business Financing Blunders ? Here is how !
OVERVIEW – Information on cash flow financing solutions in Canada . Working capital solutions come from external borrowing, monetizing your assets, and more efficient running of your business - Here is why, and how
All Canadian businesses need working capital, permanently, or, as is often common, on a ' bulge' basis from time to time. In essence you are financing your operating cycle, and most business owners intuitively know their industry has a unique cycle - that being simply the time it takes for a dollar to flow through inventory, A/R, and back to cash. That can be a long journey!
Is your company large? Established? Congrats of course - you probably have a better chance of seeking what people refer to as ' traditional' forms of financing. Quite frankly we're not sure anymore what traditional means, as the lines are getting blurred between what some consider as nontraditional working capital financing. If you don't know it already alternative financing is on a major upswing in Canada.
Maybe we're hanging around with the wrong crowd, but we seem to meet more and more clients that are unable to access capital for growth and development. They seek to enhance working capital in a variety of methods. Those include:
Receivable Financing/Factoring/Confidential Cash Flow Finance
P O Financing
Non bank asset based lines of credit
Sale leaseback bridge loans
SR&ED Tax credit loans
All of these are great ' nontraditional' solutions for working capital and cash flow
Bottom line? Focus on liquidity, so if you have positive working capital as calculated by the text books (current assets - current liabilities) you must therefore monetize those assets into the ' cash is king ' model.
The harsh reality is that as your textbook calculation of working capital goes up your actual cash flow is negative , given that your firms ' money ' is tied up in inventory and receivables which seem to be collected more slowly every year in our opinion and those of our clients .
Naturally if you are able to be paid in cash at time of sale, of if inventories turn very quickly, and billed customers pay promptly ,, well suffice to say the cash flow financing pressures are eased quite a bit - but reality of business usually does not give us that luxury . Consider us jealous.
We are often amazed at how many clients we meet who are looking for proverbial ' working capital ' but are in a position of not being able to define the type of financing they think they need.
The ultimate cash flow support tool is the Chartered bank operating line of credit, but as we have hinted many business owners do not qualify for these facilities. They consider moving to either a receivable financing facility or an asset based line of credit. These come at a higher cost, but provide liquidity often 100% greater than might have been achieved previously, had they been bankable.
So what’s our take away tip here - simply that you must look beyond the rate and focus on what collateral you are providing to get the liquidity you need?
Ultimately you need to understand your particular need and choose a financing solution that provides you with the cash flow financing to meet your business needs, as well as grow your business.
Options? They abound - which many Canadian business owners and financial managers don't realize. Be they traditional or alternative, one or several of them will work for your firm. Speak to a trusted, credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor who will put you on a clear path to the solution for working capital financing.
Stan Prokop - founder of 7 Park Avenue Financial –
Originating business financing for Canadian companies , specializing in working capital, cash flow, asset based financing . In business 13 years - Completed in excess of 100 Million $$ of financing for Canadian corporations . Core competancies include receivables financing, asset based lending, working capital, equipment finance, franchise finance and tax credit financing. Info & Contact Details :
http://www.7parkavenuefinancial.com
7 Park Avenue Financial
2910 South Sheridan Way
Suite 301
Oakville, Ontario
L6J 7J8
Office = 905 829 2653
' Canadian Business Financing with the intelligent use of experience '
Stan has had a successful career with some of the world’s largest and most successful corporations.
Prior to founding 7 Park Avenue Financial in 2004 his employers over the last 25 years were, ASHLAND OIL, ( 1977-1980) DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION, ( 1980-1990) ) CABLE & WIRELESS PLC,( 1991 -1993) ) AND HEWLETT PACKARD ( 1994-2004 ) He is an expert in Canadian Business Financing.
Stan has over 40 years of business and finance executive experience. He has been recognized as a credit/financial executive for three of the largest technology companies in the world; Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment and Cable & Wireless. Stan has had in depth, hands on experience in assessing and evaluating thousands of companies that are seeking financing and expansion. He has been instrumental in helping many companies progress through every phase of financing, mergers & acquisitions, sales and marketing and human resources. Stan has worked with startups and public corporations and has many times established the financial wherewithal of organizations before approving millions of dollars of financing facilities and instruments on behalf of his employers.
Stan Prokop
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