{"id":600,"date":"2018-12-15T10:52:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T10:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.misselhornmedia.com\/marble\/?p=600"},"modified":"2021-01-07T23:53:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T23:53:20","slug":"marble-bridge-success-story-no-43-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marblebridge.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/15\/marble-bridge-success-story-no-43-3\/","title":{"rendered":"(#43) Achieving Lift-Off in the Aerospace Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Industry: Manufacturing<\/h3>\n<div style=\"border:2px solid grey;padding:10px;\"><div id='rjqc_container_2' style='height:300px'><\/div><script>(function ($) {\n                    tooltipSuffix = 'X';\n                    yAC = [\"Revenue\",\"Profitability\",\"Valuation\"];\n                    yAxisCats = [];\n                    for (i=0;i<yAC.length;i++) {\n                        yAxisCats.push({label:yAC[i]});\n                    }\n                switch ('bar') {\n                          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This space tech provider to the U.S. government&#8217;s leading aerospace contractors was facing a 14-day countdown before a $1.8M payment deadline with its bank. Over two years, Marble Bridge built second-, third- and fourth-stage booster rockets to make sure the company blasted through the stratosphere by:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Stepping in to ensure the bank\u2019s 14-day payment deadline was met.<\/li>\n<li>Funding the company directly for six months to enable 80% annual revenue growth \u2014 and the approval of new bank financing.<\/li>\n<li>Repeating the direct-funding process 18 months later, this time in a strategic initiative with an equipment lender.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Marble Bridge then added a customized Purchase Order \/ Over Advance financing solution to put the company into an even higher orbit. The initiative led to a strategic partnership that resulted in the company rocketing to a $60M valuation \u2014 only two years after it was about to be grounded. test edit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry: Manufacturing Even an esteemed manufacturer of components for satellites can have trouble achieving lift-off. This space tech provider to the U.S. government&#8217;s leading aerospace contractors was facing a 14-day countdown before a $1.8M payment deadline with its bank. 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