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Acquisition Strategies – Think Small to Go Big

June 27, 2018April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Acquisition Strategies – Think Small to Go Big On several occasions, I have met or worked with entrepreneurs that built valuable businesses by effectively executing several small acquisitions. These companies have been in industries such as staffing, insurance and financial services as well as electronic and light manufacturing. Several of…

Growth and Liquidity Financing: How We Helped a Client Fund Faster Growth and Take Capital Out of Business

April 18, 2017April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Growth Capital and Liquidity Financing: How Lantern Capital Advisors helped a client fund faster growth and take capital out of the business. Situation: Owners of a growing software and services company were interested to explore financing alternatives to fund faster growth as well as take capital out of the business. How…

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

September 20, 2016April 24, 2024 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…

High Growth Companies In A Slow Growth Industry

June 20, 2009April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

One of our clients is a fast growing market research firm. They received an industry report from one of the gurus of the industry. Overall, revenues for leading market research companies were down slightly in 2008 and contracted by 1%. More interesting to us, was there were three companies that…