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How Marshall Hawks Helps Founders Reduce Equity Dilution with Venture Debt Deals
🎙️ From Grandfather's Pawn Shop to SVB Venture Banking: Marshall Hawks' Journey Writing Venture Debt Deals
In this inspiring episode, Marshall Hawks, author of Venture Debt Deals and former SVB relationship management leader, shares his journey from grandfather's Arkansas pawn shop teaching earliest banking form to father’s venture-backed CEO career becoming a 25-year VC investor. Starting at Comerica in 2000, Marshall learned venture banking “180-degrees opposite” of commercial banks, then spent 16 years at Silicon Valley Bank providing debt to Twitch, Airbnb, and Fitbit, working with 50%+…
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