Monday Morning Outlook

Here are a few things to start your Monday off right…

Buyouts/Investments:

• BlackBerry to explore strategic alternatives, including a sale
• IGP sells Controls Southeast to Ametek
• Clarke Inc. has acquired 90% of Pro-Par Group
• Prospect Capital provides $80 million loan for Zicam recap
• Catterton Partners sells YoCrunch to Danone
• Go shops (sometimes) work: Steinway gets a better offer from KKR

Other Stories:

• Private equity isn’t flowing to health care
• Ben Horowitz explains why founders fail as CEOs
• Lending may not be as bright as recent surveys suggest
• Jeff Bezos’ best innovation lessons
• Why I gave up a cushy career as an investment banker to launch a startup
• The next private equity investors: mom and pop (paid)

This week in history… the Treasury Department introduces the first digital securities with the “Treasury Direct” system (1986).