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Exit Strategies Selling Your Company To Management

October 12, 2016March 6, 2018 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

[caption id="attachment_342" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Exit Strategies[/caption] For business owners, selling the company to management can be overlooked as a viable owner exit strategy. However, in many cases selling the company to management can be more personally and financially rewarding than selling to another company or private equity firm. The advantages of…

Facts On High Growth Companies: What is A High Growth Company?

September 20, 2016March 6, 2018 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

What is a High Growth Company? When someone says 'high growth company' they immediately tend to think of classic venture capital focused businesses like technology companies, biotech and software. But reflecting on our experience, more than half of high growth clients came out of traditional, often boring old industries, like…

Message To Management: Don’t Wait!

June 30, 2016August 16, 2018 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Last week I got a call from a CEO of small software company. His parent was in the process of selling his company. The process of selling the business was taking longer than expected and the price was below the range the seller really wanted. He called to ask me…

Weekly What If: What If Owners Take Liquidity Now?

April 22, 2016March 6, 2018 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

What If Owners Took Liquidity Now? A profitable software company decided to sell but initial valuations were below their expected value and they wanted to be patient and wait for potentially higher offers. Management was confident that business would be more valuable with each passing month, so an interesting question…

Weekly What If: Buy Out Business Partner

March 14, 2016March 6, 2018 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

[caption id="attachment_342" align="alignright" width="300"] Exit Strategies[/caption] What if we buyout our business partner? For some companies, their biggest roadblock to growth isn’t a lack of ideas, motivation or initiative. It is a business partner that has other priorities. For companies with significant growth potential, this challenge arises frequently. One owner…

The Wonder of Bras: Tales From Hollywood Boulevard

March 9, 2016March 6, 2018 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

[caption id="attachment_397" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Wonder of Bras[/caption] Recently we were asked to consider sitting on a panel for an executive conference of growing companies, and of course, we jumped at the chance. But, one of the “corporate sponsors” (i.e. an investment banking firm) quacked at the thought of it,…

Weekly What If: Spark People

May 26, 2013August 16, 2018 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

8 million people are improving their fitness thanks to this What If. We were just in a meeting this morning and thought that we really needed to share our favorite companies, not because people are looking to us as trend setters, but because the momentum of businesses doing really great…

Rent The Runway: Disrupting The Business Model

February 16, 2011March 6, 2018 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

I have to admit, I am a pretty dress type of woman. I love watching the red carpet more than the awards show, and I would rather invest in quality than quantity. I know that when I plunk down my American Express for the once in a lifetime dress, it’s…

Did Borders Not Explore The Future?

February 11, 2011February 19, 2017 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

I hate to tell you, “I Told you so.” But I told you so. Today’s Headline Breaking News: “Borders Bankruptcy Filing Expected as early as Monday or Tuesday. Borders Plans To Close about 200 stores.” “Movement in a new direction helps you find new cheese.” Everyone else was heading in…

Selling Your Company To Management

May 3, 2010February 19, 2017 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Business owners often overlook selling their company to management as a possible exit strategy. But for solid companies with good cash flows, selling your company to management may yield a higher financial value for the owner and a much brighter future for the business, management, and the seller. Our latest…

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