Dear Bix, I understand that Venture Capital groups provide the start-up company with money in "tranches" rather than giving the company the full amount all at once. (Better for the investment group since they don't need to have all the money all at once and they can withhold funds if the ...

They were saying "trench" with a little hesitancy - if I google "Trench of money" I get a few hits, I'm thinking it must come from some financial term or something. I'm going to ask the guy when he comes again.

This is a word I thought I heard today, during financial discussions at work. Twice people referred to the next "trench" or "trunch" of money coming from the investors. This is one I can't find any reference to and I wonder what the scoop is. One of the people who said it was fro...

I seem to remember it from The Breakfast Club. Does that sound right? It has the ring of cool speech for young hip types.