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Hui a Tau 29 & 30 September, Queenstown. FUNDING Phil Broughton and Stephen Craig-Pearson. Business Funding Main types Funding Stages Equity Funding Debt Funding Q&A. Types Grants Suppliers Debt Friends/family - equity
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Hui a Tau29 & 30 September, Queenstown FUNDING Phil Broughton and Stephen Craig-Pearson
Business Funding • Main types • Funding Stages • Equity Funding • Debt Funding • Q&A
Types • Grants • Suppliers • Debt • Friends/family - equity • External investors - equity
Funding Stages Stage 1 Start Up Stage 2 Early Stage Stage 3 Growth Stage 4 Maturity
Grants – total or subsidised e.g. • Enterprise Allowance • Poutama • Local Economic Development • Central Government • MWWL
Trade Cycle Cash Purchase materials Debtors Time line between stages(Days) Sales Manufacturing Inventory
Debt Finance • Low cost • Flexible • No dilution and minimal control • Repayment ability • Security
Applying for (Debt) Finance • How much and why • Owner’s contribution • Business Plan • Profitability • Security available
Key issues - Understand & Have a Plan • Communicate well - proactive, reporting, no surprises, initiate meetings • Give the Bank every chance to advocate for you as their client • Understand the credit process
Types of Debt Finance • Banks • Finance Company • Leasing
Equity Investors • Enables growth • Skills and experience • Transaction costs: legal and due-diligence • Return expectations vary • Dilution of voting rights
Becoming an Attractive Business • Personal Qualities • Business Qualities • Product/Service Quality
Business Funding • Grants • Internal – creditors and profitability • Debt – security / cash flow • Investors – self/friends/family & external
Questions Thank you