Impact and Outcomes: Perspective on Silicon Valley Bank’s Failure for Entrepreneurs

Written By: Bryson Lord, Partner and Principal at EP

I’m a firm believer that a strong economy needs a healthy banking industry foundation to build upon. If the banking industry is in peril, then it is near impossible for companies to thrive. I am sure I hold a biased view. Maybe I drank the banking cool-aid after working way too many long nights and weekends in Bank of America’s investment bank in 2009, just after the banking crisis, helping banks in the United States and Latin America raise capital, find merger partners and execute bank acquisitions…  (continued)