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Human capital new king for PEGs: building bold leadership for change
A recent Forbes article by Matthew Kirdahy titled "Filling the Talent Pool" begins: "The focus at private equity firms is shifting. Cash will always be king, but looking ahead, the most important type of capital may very well be human. It's a company's bold leadership that carries it into financial prosperity-not its product, services or numbers." This new focus on talent will surely improve the success rate of acquisitions, which is typically rated at less than 50 percent.

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Equity Financing
Most small or growth-stage businesses use equity financing in a limited way. As with debt financing, most of the time additional equity comes from non-professional investors such as friends, relatives, employees, customers or industry colleagues.
Private Equity Lessons for the Startup or Entrepreneurial Company
The November issue of the Harvard Business Review poses a tough question to the management of public companies: “What If Private Equity Sized Up Your Business?” The question comes on the heals of recent revelations that public companies are facing increased scrutiny by Private Equity funds both favorably as, for example, an acquisition target or adversely, as a mismanaged and underperforming asset in need of reform. The article goes on to identify five trends that develop when Private equity gets involved. The purpose of this article is to highlight the premises upon which these five trends are based. Understanding this premise will lend valuable insight and strategic fodder for Start-up or Entrepreneurial companies as well as seasoned businesses.

Start-up Financing & Equity: What is Dilution?
Equity dilution reapportions a stockholder’s percentage of equity (stock) in a company. Here’s a scenario to demonstrate how equity dilution works.
Top 7 Reasons Why Business Networking Organizations Fail
Business networking is a great way to meet your business to business target market. These groups or organizations can literally become an unpaid sales force for the small to mid size business owners depending upon their industry, After being involved in several business networking groups, I have observed these 7 common traits that separate the truly great business networking groups from the failed ones.
How to think out of the box regarding Equity
Equity is expensive and investors want to buy assets for 10 to 30 cents on the dollar. There are a number of different sources for equity that can be accessed.

China is No Longer an Emerging Economy!
As I woke Monday morning I saw that the Asian markets, particularly the Shanghai Composite, were selling off sharply. And I thought to myself, “oh no, here we go”. My general feeling is that the US equity market is overbought as the valuations haven’t quite caught up to price. Yet the US equity markets finished the day positive. What gives?
How to Determine Your Business Success with Financial Ratio
If you’ve ever wondered how well your business is doing - truly doing - one way to clear up the mystery is to use financial ratios. Financial ratios are used by accountants and bankers to evaluate everything from your current income ratio, to debts, to inventory, and even your return on sales or capital investments. A lower ratio means a more severe problem. Another important assessment step in financial ratios is estimating your debt equity ratio. The debt equity ratio compares debt and equity and the two types of capitalization.
Joint Venture Equity
Since institutional equity providers prefer larger deals, developers looking for $3 million in equity, for example, have a hard time getting their attention. But if an organization has the capacity to do seven deals a year, for instance, then the amount of equity inches up in the aggregate of $20 million to $30 million over 12 months, and it hits the threshold where it makes sense.
Private Equity Groups - Potential Buyers for Your Business?
In this article, we take a look at Private Equity Groups as potential buyers of small-to-medium sized businesses.
Money Speaks - Bankers Jargon! Doesn't anyone speak English?
In simple terms, debt to equity explains the financial health of the company. For example; suppose your company has a debt to equity ratio of 4 to 1. To a banker, that means there is $4.00 in debt compared to $1.00 invested in the company. In other words, your lenders own more of your company than you do. So, if you were asked to lend money to your company at this type of ratio, would you?
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