Corp. Development Finding the Right Acquirer for an Employee-Owned Business In 1997, seven frustrated toolmakers banded together to launch Rapid Production Tooling, an injection mold tooling company based in Berthoud,…
Private Equity PennSpring Finds the Right Deal Finding and winning the right deal at the right price is extremely difficult in today’s ultra competitive M&A environment. That’s…
CEOs Behind the Deal: the CEO’s Take on Selling V-TEK to KODA During the M&A process, closing a deal may seem like a pretty clear indicator of success for both buyer and…
CEOs Why Two Physicists Started a Hospitality Company — and Why They Decided to Sell Des O’Mahony, CEO and co-founder of hotel booking company Bookassist, was finishing a PhD. in physics in the mid-90s when…
Family Offices How a Beer Entrepreneur Found His Partner in a Family Office Before Brian O’Connell founded Denver-based Renegade Brewing in 2011, he had a good job in stats analysis at the University…
Family Offices Family Offices on Axial: Spotlight on Patoka Capital Patoka Capital is the direct investment arm of the Ragains family office based in the Louisville, KY area. The Ragains…
Private Equity How A Middle Market PE Firm Made Its First Step into the Pet Industry When Corporate Finance Associates (CFA), Jones Natural Chews’ financial advisor, first reached out to Azalea Capital in late 2015, partner…
CEOs Striking a Cool Deal in the Hot Summer Days 70 years ago, Mark MacCracken’s father Calvin MacCracken founded CALMAC, a family business and a leading US manufacturer of cool…
CEOs 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…
