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Capital Readiness

Know what the money is for, what it should cost and what your business can carry before you ask.

Written by Paul Wakefield. Narrated by Frederick, a digital voice.

Unabridged. 5 hours 54 minutes. 28 MP3 tracks.

£9.99

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Never confuse access to money with readiness for money.

A lender can say yes. The money can be there tomorrow. Taking it can still be the wrong decision. I call this the Capital Mirage. Capital Readiness takes you through five stages, in order: Financial Truth, Capital Purpose, Repayment Capacity, Capital Structure and The Capital Pitch. Every chapter ends with a gate check. Pass or not ready. No comforting scores.

What you will hear

  • Why a lender's yes can still be the wrong decision
  • The five gates, in order, and the Capital Readiness Check
  • Debt Capacity, the Minimum Cash Floor, the Capital to Cash Lag and Debt Breakpoints, explained
  • A sixty day plan to get your business capital ready
  • How AI and data are changing capital readiness

What you get

  • The full unabridged audiobook in 28 MP3 tracks (192 kbps)
  • Stream every track in your browser
  • Download each track, or the full audiobook as one file with chapters (M4B, about 110 MB)
  • A private access page, and an email with your link

  1. 00Opening Credits0:14
  2. 01Dedication0:12
  3. 02Read This First9:27
  4. 03Introduction: The Capital Problem Nobody Talks About9:42
  5. 04Chapter 1: The Money You Think You Need17:44
  6. 05Chapter 2: Know Your Numbers Before You Borrow20:09
  7. 06Chapter 3: Don't Borrow Money to Find Out What to Do With It18:52
  8. 07Chapter 4: Growth Doesn't Automatically Pay the Debt15:50
  9. 08Chapter 5: Debt Capacity Is Not Borrowing Capacity17:34
  10. 09Chapter 6: Stress Test the Business Before the Lender Does17:15
  11. 10Chapter 7: Debt vs Equity Is the Wrong Question18:28
  12. 11Chapter 8: Build a Business a Capital Provider Can Understand18:30
  13. 12Chapter 9: The Pitch Starts Before the Pitch18:39
  14. 13Chapter 10: The Capital Readiness Check21:01
  15. 14Chapter 11: Your First Sixty Days to Capital Readiness19:52
  16. 15Chapter 12: The Business That Can Carry the Capital14:33
  17. 16Chapter 13: Capital Readiness by Business Type20:24
  18. 17Chapter 14: AI, Data and the Future of Capital Readiness17:31
  19. 18Chapter 15: When Debt Is the Wrong Capital20:24
  20. 19Chapter 16: The Second Capital Curve17:15
  21. 20Chapter 17: Eleven Truths Nobody Tells Founders About Borrowing11:17
  22. 21Appendix A: Quick Reference9:45
  23. 22Appendix B: Glossary10:16
  24. 23About the Author0:57
  25. 24About Readiness Tools1:05
  26. 25About the Readiness Series1:42
  27. 26One Last Thing4:58
  28. 99Closing Credits0:16

About the author

Paul Wakefield is a CPD certified Board Advisor with 20+ years building and advising businesses, the author of The Scale Readiness Ladder and Capital Readiness, and the creator of Readiness Tools.

About the narration

Narrated by Frederick, a digital voice. This audiobook uses a digital voice, not a human narrator.

Also on audio: The Scale Readiness Ladder

£9.99

Instant access after payment. Listen online or download and keep the files.