Private Equity A Look Into the Consumer Goods Industry in 2017 Consumer goods is an industry that has been through many changes in recent years. The rise of e-commerce and advancement…
Business Owners 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…
Business Owners Improve Business Value by Implementing Employee Engagement Strategies Companies with high employee engagement level tend to have better stock performance, but not every CEO sees the connection. We suspect…
Business Owners Wes Mason, From Pleasing Wall Street to Serving the People Having worked primarily for publicly traded corporations, Wes Mason has seen the erosion of values and decreasing emphasis on safety…
Business Owners Post-Merger Integration, The Need for Speed Conducting post-merger integration at a high speed is one of the most critical elements to a deal’s success. Taking proactive…
Business Owners Financial Readiness – The Foundation for Long-Term, Healthy Growth “Private companies are staying private longer,” said Charlie Young, an EVP at Ipreo, in his report “Act Public, Stay Private:…
Business Owners Axial Concord Keynote On October 24th, Axial Concord convened 163 of its members, hailing from four countries and 23 US states. Axial’s in-house…
Business Owners Simple Steps to Prepare Your Business for a Sale Co-author: Alan Scharfstein, the DAK Group There is no denying that multiplies have increased, and greater leverage continues to be…
Business Owners Your Company Probably Isn’t Worth What You Think It Is (and How to Change That) As owners begin to think about selling their businesses, the first question they have is: “How much is my business…
