How to Maximize Results When Working With an Investment Bank Working with an investment bank can be intimidating, especially if you’re new to the process. Most executives of small- and mid-sized…
When Deal Negotiation Fails: 4 Mega-Deals That Weren’t No one likes to sink time, energy, and money into deals that aren’t going to pan out. For every successful…
Why CEOs Should Score Investment Banks Before Picking Up the Pen Like most M&A activities, there is no perfect formula for choosing an investment banker or M&A advisor. As CEO, you…
Why You Need an IT Professional on Your M&A Deal Team Traditional M&A deal teams run the risk of missing substantive issues that could impact deal structure, terms, and integration success.…
How to Create Value in Lower Middle Market Bolt-On Acquisitions Corporations represent a complicated amalgamation of many components: people, process, products, and stakeholders. This complexity is particularly acute in the…
Introducing the Reverse Search Fund: A Win-Win for Investors, Founders, and MBAs Everything is an ecosystem. That’s one of the reasons everyone tells you to find a niche. They tell you to…
The Challenge of Sorting Valuation Realities From Fantasies Think about that last lunch or conference where you met a new friend or an old business connection, and over…
When Is Really the Right Time to Sell Your Business? “It’s always a great time to sell!” At some point in time, every business owner or operator will hear this…
The Tortoise vs. the Hare: What Kind of Entrepreneur Are You? “Are you a tortoise or a hare entrepreneur?” This is the question Ami Kassar urges every entrepreneur to consider. Kassar…
