Business Owners Behind the Deal: the CEO’s Take on Selling V-TEK to KODA During the M&A process, closing a deal may seem like a pretty clear indicator of success for both buyer and…
Business Owners Why Two Physicists Started a Hospitality Company — and Why They Decided to Sell Des O’Mahony, CEO and co-founder of hotel booking company Bookassist, was finishing a PhD. in physics in the mid-90s when…
Family Offices How a Beer Entrepreneur Found His Partner in a Family Office Before Brian O’Connell founded Denver-based Renegade Brewing in 2011, he had a good job in stats analysis at the University…
Family Offices Family Offices on Axial: Spotlight on Patoka Capital Patoka Capital is the direct investment arm of the Ragains family office based in the Louisville, KY area. The Ragains…
Private Equity How A Middle Market PE Firm Made Its First Step into the Pet Industry When Corporate Finance Associates (CFA), Jones Natural Chews’ financial advisor, first reached out to Azalea Capital in late 2015, partner…
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 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…
Advisors How Investment Banker Nick MacShane Supercharged His BD Strategy Former technology entrepreneur Nick MacShane is the founder and managing partner of investment bank and corporate advisory firm Progress Partners.…
Private Equity How Impact Investor Paul Reddy Balances Social and Economic Returns Paul Reddy is a partner at Newpark Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments that deliver positive social and…
