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Management Buy-Out (MBO) is a transaction in which the existing management team of a company acquires a controlling interest in the business they run, typically with private equity backing and leveraged debt financing. The incumbent team gains ownership; the previous owner exits.
Time Value of Money (TVM) is the foundational financial concept that money available today is worth more than the same amount in the future, because of its earning potential.
Government-to-Consumer (G2C) — also called Government-to-Citizen — is the model where government agencies provide services, information, and transactions directly to individual citizens via digital channels.
Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) is a business model in which individual consumers transact with other individual consumers, typically facilitated by a third-party platform that provides discovery, communication, payment, and trust mechanisms.
Assets Under Management (AUM) is the total market value of investments that a financial institution (asset manager, hedge fund, VC, wealth manager, robo-advisor) manages on behalf of clients.
An entrepreneur is a person who organizes and operates a business venture, accepting financial and operational risk in exchange for potential reward — financial, social, or personal.
Management Buy-In (MBI) is a transaction in which an external management team — usually backed by private equity or other financial sponsors — acquires a controlling interest in a company and takes over operational leadership.
Net Asset Value (NAV) is the total value of an investment fund’s assets minus its liabilities, typically expressed on a per-share or per-unit basis. NAV is the standard valuation methodology for open-ended mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, hedge funds, and private equity / venture capital funds.
Non-Solicitation (No-Poach) is a contractual provision restricting a party from soliciting (recruiting) the employees, contractors, or customers of another party — typically the other party to a contract. Common in employment agreements, M&A deals, supplier contracts, and NDAs.
Pay-to-Play is a contractual provision in venture capital deal terms that requires existing preferred shareholders to participate (pro-rata) in subsequent financing rounds — typically down rounds — or face penalties: conversion of preferred to common stock, loss of anti-dilution protection, or ot…
