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How Mammoth Holdings grew into its name

August 6, 2025March 16, 2026 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

“Working at the Car Wash” Mammoth Holdings was founded by Gary Dennis and Richard “Chip” Hackett in 2002. Over the first decade they grew steadily to reach eight express, self-serve car wash locations. But in 2013 the Company’s six Georgia locations began to perform poorly due to a combination of increased rainfall,…

Using Enterprise Value As A Planning Tool

March 28, 2025August 6, 2025 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Abstract: Enterprise value is an important concept every business owner should understand. This video takes it a step further and suggests how enterprise value can be used as an important metric for measuring a company’s growth and how it can be used as a key tool for strategic planning. Videos…

Working With High Growth Companies

April 22, 2024April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

A lot of the companies Lantern Capital Advisors works with could be labeled as high growth companies. We define a high growth company as a business that can grow at a rate of 20% or more and do that for multiple years in a row. Lantern likes working with companies…

The NFL’s Long Term Financial Goal

July 1, 2018April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

In 2010 NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell set a goal of achieving $25 billion in total revenues by 2027. At the time the league was generating $8.5 billion in annual revenue so I thought that was a pretty audacious. It equated to $1 billion increase per year in revenues until 2027.…

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…

The Wonder of Bras: Tales From Hollywood Boulevard

March 9, 2016April 24, 2024 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, 2013April 24, 2024 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, 2011April 24, 2024 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…