Family Offices 3 Ways Family Offices Can Better Compete in a Deal Process Family offices are the hot new buyers in the lower middle market, but involving them in a deal process is…
Buyers Why Barbecues Are More Important Than Balance Sheets for This Corp Dev Team Winsupply, a wholesaler distribution company based in Dayton, OH, owns a majority equity stake in nearly 600 local companies across…
Private Equity 4 Predictions for Cannabis Investing in 2018 “The legal cannabis industry is among the fastest-growing markets in the United States,” says Harrison Phillips, vice president at Viridian…
Private Equity The New Class of Independent Sponsors Today, independent sponsors are a proven asset class in the middle market. Ten or twenty years ago, however, it was…
Buyers Corp Dev Professional Sam Tsui on Acquisitions at Microsoft vs. in the Middle Market Sam Tsui is senior advisor to Chinese performance marketing company Westwin, where he focuses on sourcing and executing on acquisitions.…
Buyers Strategic Acquirers Show Strong Interest in Beauty Sector The beauty industry isn’t what it used to be. “Millennials aren’t buying things the way that their parents did —…
Business Owners Red Flags for a Bear Market to Come — How Sellers Should Respond Is 2018 the new 2007? Across the industry, private equity investors are reporting strong M&A activity in the middle market.…
Private Equity What Makes a Great Private Equity Website? In an increasingly competitive M&A environment, marketing your private equity firm online is a non-negotiable. Relationships are still important, but…
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…