Business Owners Don’t Make Empty Promises During an Acquisition The situation: During the transaction process, you assure the sellside CEO nothing will change. It’s an easy promise to make–sellers…
Business Owners 9 Terms Every Selling CEO Needs to Know Whether a CEO is proactively considering a sale or fielding incoming inquiries from interested bankers and buyers, learning the…
Business Owners Why A Minority Equity Partner Makes Sense You know your company needs capital, but you don’t want to bog your balance sheet down with a boatload of…
Business Owners Finding a Fit for the Family Business When it was time for Craftmaster Hardware, a third generation business, to once again pass hands, the current owner, Michael…
Business Owners CEO Weekly Outlook Good afternoon, all. Today we’re reading about how startup “joiners” are and aren’t like founders. Reporting on a recent academic…
Business Owners 15 Inspirational Reads for CEOs this Summer It’s the dog days of summer and hopefully, over the next few weeks, most CEOs will have a chance to…
Business Owners Ask Axial: Is It Time to Expand Internationally? Welcome back to “Ask Axial,” where we ask investors and advisors Axial questions submitted by middle market CEOs. This week,…
Business Owners Using Mezzanine Debt for Growth There are many forms of financing to consider when looking to raise growth capital or sell a business. For CEOs,…
Business Owners CEO Weekly Outlook Good afternoon, all. Today, we’re reading about effectively integrating data analysis into your company. While many fear data-driven predictions and…