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November 5, 2018
Motivations for Pursuing Growth by Mergers & Acquisitions: The Seven “C” Incentives for Doing a Deal

Vast opportunities exist when experts can effectively implement an acquisition strategy as a means for reducing costs, gaining access to new business and increasing enterprise value. Doing a deal is easy, implementing one is far more difficult. Risks and pitfalls are inherent in the integration process. That does not mean that many a botched deal—particularly...

November 3, 2018

High-growth companies are burdened with high-growth decisions. Unfortunately most startups or companies with rapid growth spikes lack the funding necessary to hire the right help during a time when it is critically needed. This could include business development, sales, bookkeeping, employee management and even the assistance of at least a part-time CFO (chief financial officer). When companies...

September 4, 2018
Brutalities of the Buy-Side: Some Areas That Make Buy-Side M&A So Difficult

There is an oft-quoted (and perhaps apocryphal or fabricated) statistic that business acquisitions have the same failure rate as startups. A quick Google reference for me neither confirms nor denies. However, that general rule is that most acquisitions certainly do not yield the intended or pretended synergies the internal buy-side M&A peddlers initially promulgate. In...

August 27, 2018

Part of managing any project also means managing risks. Project managers learn to identify, categorize, and effectively respond to risks with experience. While many entrepreneurs might stem from some form of project management experience, many learn to address, manage, and respond to project and business risk through trial and error and experimentation. If you are...

August 27, 2018

In today’s fast-paced, challenging, and highly competitive world, businesses are constantly fighting the good fight to maintain their competitive edge and staying at the forefront of customers’ minds. It’s no secret that technology powers our universe. As a result, many businesses have become tech ventures, capitalizing on opportunities that make them the next new tech...

August 27, 2018

Sizzle sells the steak, but if someone is hungry enough, the sizzle matters less. Today’s cash-flush private equity groups are activefly seeking steak. That is, they are looking for quality deals with solid meat on the bone. In our world that typically translates into companies with large revenues and sizable EBITDA and EBITDA margins. I...