Not All Succession Plans Are Created Equal Every privately held and family-owned business can bank on a change in ownership and leadership at some point in its…
Avoid Culture Clashes After a Merger Strategic acquisitions can be a great strategy to achieve cost advantages, grow revenues rapidly, or to acquire a set of…
Secrets of a Successful Capital Raise When raising capital for your business, you as the CEO play the essential role. Talking to investors isn’t a delegable…
How CEOs Can Avoid Seller’s Remorse Euphoria, exhilaration, and relief are the emotions that most business owners expect to feel after selling a business. After all,…
Why Every CEO Needs a Sparring Partner CEOs and business owners are faced with big decisions every day. From product development to pricing strategy to financing decisions,…
6 Things Not to Do When Raising Debt We like CEOs — we really do — but when it comes to lending, they sometimes drive us crazy. Granted,…
The Importance of Enhancing Business Value Before Sale When it comes to selling a business, owners would do well to set aside their own views of value and…
Renewal of SBA’s CDC/504 Program Good News for Small Business Congress did the smart thing in December and not only renewed, but made permanent the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) CDC/504…
How to Kick Off an Inorganic Growth Strategy We’ve written before about how opportunism isn’t enough for companies looking to source acquisitions, even if you don’t have an…
