Prairie Crossing

Prairie Crossing is a financial advisory firm focused on helping businesses & startups thrive. Business plans, Financial Models, Pitch Decks & Advisory

[Prairie Crossing @prairiecrossin]

Last year we helped businesses and startups raise over $7m! Here are various ways Prairie Crossing can help you and your business succeed this year! 🧵

[Mr. Edosa @BusinessPlanSMB]

@xoreniii is really one of the most interesting people to chat about personal finance with!!! Thoroughly enjoyed having her on @Squord1 podcast 🎙️ 💯
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[Mr. Edosa @BusinessPlanSMB]

If done right, a business plan can be the midas touch for acquiring businesses. #SMB

[Dan Pickering @pickeringenergy]

Energy in Transition podcasts just keep raining down. Listen to how Michael Kearney of The Engine thinks about early stage energy transition investing, new technologies and new companies. He thinks in decades not years. Fascinating! @enginexyz #EFT #OOTT

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[Prairie Crossing @prairiecrossin]

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[Cody Agee @codywagee]

Another deal intro for SMB Twitter!

Niche vertical SaaS business doing $4-5M ARR. Owner is looking for a minority investment to accelerate growth of the company.

Send me a DM and I can make an intro to the owner.

[Prairie Crossing @prairiecrossin]

They took the spending money challenge a little to serious in the 70s. Revenue didn’t get the memo

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

Nigeria has a spending problem not a revenue problem

[Robert Graham @Robert_E_Graham]

An entrepreneur working with SIG is set to acquire a business with $3.3M of EBITDA in the next 30 days. All the equity and debt has been lined up. He’ll walk away with 65% ownership in the business!

Life changing!

[Techstars @Techstars]

Our @TS_ecomobility accelerator is the perfect opportunity for entrepreneurs who are passionate about building products and services that empower underserved communities.

[Prairie Crossing @prairiecrossin]

Now that the scenario is more realistic you see that the founders come out pretty strong, earn some salary along the way, & change lives of their employees, customers & investors 🚀

[Prairie Crossing @prairiecrossin]

1/ This scenario isn’t factual, and painted to fit a narrative and dunk on VC backed startups.
Two things: exit Value & time 🧵

[@levelsio @levelsio]

Imagine having 4 cofounders at a VC funded startup 🥹

Selling for $100M

Diluted to 10% ownership by VCs

Tax takes 50%

Go home with $1.25M cash after 6 years working 7 days a week 12 hours per day or $47/hour

Many people on Upwork make more than that!

[Prairie Crossing @prairiecrossin]

6/ With proper counsel taxes can be optimized - founders can get shares of the acquiring company, set up favorable structures etc

[Prairie Crossing @prairiecrossin]

@UliKuenzel VC

[Prairie Crossing @prairiecrossin]

“Built to Sell” very few understand this concept. Which is why some valuations box people in unknowingly

[Mazi Chukwuma Jason Njoku @JasonNjoku]

Its easier to raise $30m than it is to sell a startup for $30m. The technical, financial, legal, commercial dd will be like 500+ line items. Documents you've forgot about you'll have to go & find before closing. Approvals you didn't know were needed will be sought. Plenty wahala.

[Jason Yeh @jayyeh]

Founder heartache today 💔

[The Secret CFO @SecretCFO]

Going forward, I intend to use this account to impose my own specific values on the world.

The values:
Free.
Cash.
Flow.

[Jarome McKenzie | Growth & Exit CFO @JaromeTheCFO]

POLL:

How much would searchers pay for a service to write a business plan & projections for your SBA acquisition application?