4 Tips to Help You Make More Informed Business Decisions Building a successful company takes an extraordinary effort. No one knows this better than the executive team. As an executive,…
1 Simple Thing You Can Do Today to Close More Deals As deal season picks back up, you’re probably starting to reach out to the usual suspects on your contacts list.…
[Results] PE-Backed or Not? Last week, we launched a quiz testing your knowledge of private equity portfolio companies. As it turns out, private equity is fairly…
Will Pension Funds Bypass Private Equity? Private equity and pension funds have been engaged in a symbiotic relationship for decades. As the PEGCC explained, “Pensions are…
Monday Morning Outlook Buyouts/Investments: [Mega-deal] Neiman Marcus near deal to be sold for $6 billion [Mega-deal] Koch Industries to buy Molex for $7.2…
Week in Review: Microsoft, Fee Hogs, and Leveraged Loans The short post-Labor Day week started with a boom with Microsoft announcing its acquisition of Nokia’s devices unit for $7.2…
Will 2013 See Another Post-Labor Day Boom? With Labor Day behind us, the deal community is preparing for transition out of the summer slowdown. In both 2011…
Quiz: PE-Backed or Not? PE is often hidden in plain sight. At the start of The New Tycoons, Jason Kelley remarked that, while walking…
How to Handle an Unsolicitied Acquisition Offer If you run a profitable, growing business of any significant size you will eventually receive an unsolicited offer to buy…