Being an entrepreneur can be an incredibly rewarding experience, but it can also be extremely challenging. The mental health challenge of entrepreneurs is complex. The pressure to succeed, the long hours, and the constant stress of running a business can take a toll on even the strongest individuals. I was lucky to run a business […]
I don’t usually make predictions. However, there has been such a powerful recent event that I am going out on a limb. If you are a business owner and don’t know about ChatGPT and how it will affect your business, you need to get on it. ChatGPT was released at the end of last year […]
January is the time of year that CEOs deliver the strategy that has been developed for the coming year. Often, the effort to set the strategy is a long process that took place the preceding year. Decks are make, polished to perfection and a great presentation to the entire company is the culmination. Then what? […]
In my role as a strategic partnership developer, I rely on many of the techniques that I use for a successful merger and acquisition (M&A). I look for a win-win opportunity for both companies. More often than not, it is a larger company that partners with a smaller company startup for a variety of reasons. […]
I remember when we decided to exit from our software company. We got several referrals for an M&A advisor and also called some that were well-known in our industry. At that time, there weren’t any lower middle market specific M&A firms, so we had to focus on investment banks. Most of them only asked us […]
In M&A, we often hear investors ask how a company intends to scale. This is a critical factor in determining an investor’s interest in making an investment or acquisition. In my experience as the co-founder of a SaaS company, I had to figure out how to scale a sales team. I knew that scaling a […]