The Cash Flow Shock: How Tariffs and Supply Chain Disruptions Attack SMB Liquidity For many small and mid-sized businesses, the visible risk of tariffs and supply chain disruption is a hit to revenue or margins. The real danger is quieter and faster: a sudden liquidity squeeze that destabilizes your working capital and threatens the survival...
The Small Middle Market Financing Checklist & Execution Playbook Introduction Articles 1 through 3 covered the why and the how-to of assessing debt capacity: the fundamentals of LBO mechanics, how collateral defines the upper boundary of leverage, and how the Cash Conversion Cycle converts operations into debt service. This final instructional piece is the execution...
Cash Is King: Using the Cash Conversion Cycle For Debt Repayment This article is Part 3 of Capital Source’s series on leveraged buyouts for small and lower middle market buyers. Part 1 — LBO Basics for Small Business Buyers introduced the core mechanics of leverage. Part 2 — Collateral Value in LBO Financing examined how...
Collateral Value in LBO Financing: A Guide to Asset-Based Debt (ABL) Series Introduction This is the second chapter in the Small to Middle Market LBO Financing Manual. In Part 1, you learned how leverage increases return on equity and why lenders use debt capacity as the starting point for any acquisition. This article continues the...
Capital Source November 2025 Impact: 19 Private Credit Deals Across Capital-Intensive Industries This November 2025 impact statement summarizes how Capital Source’s Private Credit Division deployed $6.9 million across 19 transactions, supporting capital-intensive businesses in logistics, retail, manufacturing, and other sectors across North America. Key Points 19 transactions closed between November 1–30, 2025, totaling $6.9 million...
