Business Owners 70% of Your Employees Are Disengaged — Here’s How to Address It Over thirty years of research, data and practice have proven that employee and client disengagement negatively affects an organization’s financial…
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…