Ben Carpel

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Assertion Supported

Carpel: Founders can use Founderpath debt to buy personal real estate

“Unlock the wealth, take the money, and put that into other things. Again, the S&P 500 a commercial building, buy a house for your mom, buy a house for yourself all permissible and all doable with this product.”

Ben Carpel Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 9:37 Founder Net worth Map: How to use your SaaS to cash out, diversify without losing control

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What they said9 Episodes1

Everything Ben Carpel said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight

Carpel: VCs frequently retrade deal terms at the last minute

“I've seen so many times where they say yes to you at first, and then they will retrade you, so your terms get worse at the very, very end, right? So a yes is never a hundred percent.”

Ben Carpel Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 6:39 Founder Net worth Map: How to use your SaaS to cash out, diversify without losing control

Assertion Supported

Carpel: Founders can use Founderpath debt to buy personal real estate

Ben Carpel Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 9:37 Founder Net worth Map: How to use your SaaS to cash out, diversify without losing control

Insight

Carpel: Closing private equity deals takes months of stress despite buyer enthusiasm

“The point is, with private equity, even when there's a lot of enthusiasm from the other side of the table, it's a slog of many months, a lot, a slog of stress.”

Ben Carpel Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 5:19 Founder Net worth Map: How to use your SaaS to cash out, diversify without losing control

Assertion Supported

Carpel: Pipe's maximum financing term is 12 months

“I think Pipe's max term is 1212 months, right? So something like this, you may be able to get more like two, two, three years of financing.”

Ben Carpel Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 12:37 Founder Net worth Map: How to use your SaaS to cash out, diversify without losing control

Assertion Partly supported

Carpel: SBA loans take two to six months to close

“For an SBA, which is low interest, very flexible, pretty borrower-friendly terms on the whole, it'll still take five or six months at the max. On the fast end, maybe more like two months, but still, Even after they pre-approve you in, you know, month one, ther…”

Ben Carpel Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 6:09 Founder Net worth Map: How to use your SaaS to cash out, diversify without losing control

Assertion Supported

Carpel: Some non-dilutive lenders prohibit investing funds outside the business

“Some of them may not allow you to take out the money to put it into a commercial real estate investment, or to, Seed another VC you would like to, if you wanted to invest the money and back a friend starting another company, for example.”

Ben Carpel Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 11:05 Founder Net worth Map: How to use your SaaS to cash out, diversify without losing control

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Carpel: Non-dilutive SaaS debt interest rates typically benchmark around 10 percent

“What I've seen in the market, it tends to be around 10%, so sometimes it's a little bit, You know, kind of can be as low as eight. I've seen low teens as well. So the bogey I say is 10%. Could be a little lower, kind of like eight percent. Oftentimes I've seen…”

Ben Carpel Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 14:22 Founder Net worth Map: How to use your SaaS to cash out, diversify without losing control

Assertion Supported

Carpel: SBA loans offer ~7% interest and 10-year terms but require personal guarantees

“Right now, it's, it tends to be seven percent or so, which is not bad for small businesses. Very flexible terms in terms of repayment, and often you can have 10 years to pay back SBA. Lots of paperwork, and as you just said, personal guarantee.”

Ben Carpel Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 17:55 Founder Net worth Map: How to use your SaaS to cash out, diversify without losing control

Assertion Supported

Carpel: SaaS financing platforms like FounderPath and Pipe do not require personal guarantees

“With Nathan's product, and pipe, and espresso, and lighter, as far as I know, almost every one of them do not have a personal guarantee.”

Ben Carpel Nov 15, 2022 ▶ 18:36 Founder Net worth Map: How to use your SaaS to cash out, diversify without losing control

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Episode	Date	On tape	What it is
Founder Net worth Map: How to use your SaaS to cash out, diversify without losing control	Nov 15, 2022	15m	aired address

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