FOOTHILLS CAPITAL BLOG
Looking Back on 2025: Business Sentiments & Deals Align
As the year comes to a close, we’re grateful for the trust our clients and partners placed in us throughout a market defined by shifting narratives and uneven outcomes. Our deal flow reflected the reality of the economy: a very strong start to the year, a mid-year slowdown as uncertainty prompted pauses, and a meaningful pickup into year-end as visibility improved and execution needs returned.
10 Tips for Working with Business Owners Going Through Financial Transition
Business founders tend to tie their business’s successes and failures to their own self worth. When times get tough, they need an advisor who can help them navigate the messiness of their emotions. These ten tips can help business bankers and financial consultants inspire and connect with clients.
The Five Stages of Grief in Business
Any business banker or advisor to entrepreneurs knows that business owner/founders are heavily invested in their business – indeed, their identity and self-worth can be wrapped up in its success. That’s why it’s important to understand that business is personal, and how someone going through the five stages of grief just needs a lifeline.
Foothills Capital: The Backup for Commercial Bankers
Have you seen those Progressive Insurance ads that celebrate the backup quarterbacks? They're hilarious! If there were such a thing as a Hall of Fame for backups, these guys would be in it!
At Foothills Capital, we act as the trusted "backup QB" for our banking partners, and we strive to be in that legendary Hall of Fame! Read more about how it all works in the latest FCA Blog.
There’s So Much to Be Grateful For This Season: A Letter to My Clients, Friends, and Peers
This season of gratitude offers a perfect opportunity to pause and reflect on the relationships that make all the difference.
Growth Capital in Connection with M&A
We recently arranged an equipment term loan to a precision manufacturing company to provide additional working and growth capital in connection with an acquisition.
What is a Structured Term Loan?
Structured term loans or notes in the asset-based lending (ABL) context provide a way for borrowers to access more sophisticated financing options while still leveraging their assets as collateral.
What is a Bridge Loan?
A bridge loan is a short-term loan used until a person or company secures permanent financing or pays an existing obligation.