Advisors Why Confidentiality Is the Cornerstone of a Closed Deal Confidentiality is the cornerstone of managing a successful M&A process. The investment banker’s primary goal is to organize a competitive…
Business Owners Asset-Based Lending and Unlocking the Value of Your Assets For companies that are concerned about their future performance, asset-based lending could be the answer. It is always hard for…
Private Equity Is a Private Equity Sale Right for Your Business? Private equity firm (PEF) recapitalization has become one of the top reasons that businesses valued at $2-50 million are going…
Business Owners When Should You Walk Away from a Deal? It was late. Time was running out and negotiations weren’t going well. Larry was leading up the buy-side deal team,…
Business Owners IPOs Are on the Rise, But Strategic Buyers Still Dominate — 5 Steps for Sellers to Prepare The market for initial public offerings (IPOs) is strong; the Renaissance Capital IPO Exchange Traded Fund – a bundle of the 60…
Business Owners When Is the Right Time to Exit? A question I get asked often in speaking with company owners is “When is the right time to sell my…
Business Owners Why This Home Care Company Said No to a Sale, but Yes to a New CEO Himmat Singh (left) and Pat Yager (right) at a recent Powwow Pat Yager, an Ojibwe Native American, founded home care…
CFOs Your Business Loan Checklist For most entrepreneurs, securing a business loan is an exciting step. It means you’ve launched your company, have a product…
CFOs Deriving Normalized EBITDA for Your Business First, a quick refresher on EBITDA for anyone who needs it: EBITDA is a basic and widely accepted normalizing adjustment…