Private Equity How to Create Value in Lower Middle Market Bolt-On Acquisitions Corporations represent a complicated amalgamation of many components: people, process, products, and stakeholders. This complexity is particularly acute in the…
Private Equity Introducing the Reverse Search Fund: A Win-Win for Investors, Founders, and MBAs Everything is an ecosystem. That’s one of the reasons everyone tells you to find a niche. They tell you to…
Advisors Secrets of the Sky: How Top Deal Professionals Fly Deal professionals spend up to 60% of their careers traveling. Whether attending board meetings, going on-site at prospective portfolio companies,…
Private Equity 6 Ways PE Firms Can Supercharge Business Development We recently surveyed Axial’s team of BD consultants on best practices of successful private equity firms. How do the most…
Advisors What 2015’s Top Deals Mean for the Middle Market As we settle into the fourth quarter, it’s a good time to recap this year’s record-setting U.S. M&A deals to…
Advisors Download a Free NDA Template The average generalist investor sources more than a thousand deals per year. In order to determine if a deal is…
Advisors 7 Secrets of Highly Successful BD Professionals Business development is one of the most important functions for any deal team. In a recent panel at Axial Concord…
Private Equity Everything Private Equity Should Know About the 2016 Presidential Candidates Private equity is an easy target for politicians. Most feel they can win brownie points with the general public by…
Advisors New eBook: 9 Clauses to Include in Every NDA NDAS are the first step for almost every deal — but many deal professionals overlook their importance. An NDA (non-disclosure…