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Accelerating M&A Value Creation: How Chief Outsiders Drives Growth for Investors and Acquirers
In today’s competitive deal environment, value creation can’t wait until after the ink dries. For private equity operating partners, M&A attorneys, and CEOs of acquiring companies, Chief Outsiders offers a proven, C-suite-level resource to identify and close growth gaps across the entire transaction lifecycle—pre-LOI through exit.
2017 Reflections: Private Equity Firms Increasingly Leverage Fractional CMOs for Rapid Growth
Mar 1, 2018 11:00:00 AM — In 2017, a record-breaking $621 billion was raised for private equity funds — and in 2018, PE firms are expected to receive approximately $750 billion in allocations from existing and new investors. As PE capital steadily increases, SME merger and acquisition activity is forecasted to follow suit; experts estimate that deal making will hit $1.6 trillion in 2018 — $200 billion higher than 2017.
Not All EBITDA Is Created Equal
Dec 11, 2017 1:26:53 PM — During a recent private equity forum in New York City, operational partners came together and discussed industry concerns at length, including a particularly pressing hot topic. PE fund competition is fierce — and that's skewing the way EBITDA affects returns and heavily influencing what it takes to come out ahead at an investment's exit point.
How Can Operating Partners Work with Management Teams to Drive Growth?
Oct 12, 2017 4:13:46 PM — Ever had a portfolio company that ate up every bit of advice you had on how they could run better, but could not seem to grow? We at Chief Outsiders see this all the time. Often the best run companies have the hardest time growing. It’s a classic challenge, especially in the B2B world where engineers who run companies fall in love with the thing they make or the service the deliver… or simply with the technology they love.
Show Them What Success Looks Like: Interview with Ron Sansom of The Riverside Company
Apr 19, 2017 3:45:40 PM — How can you get the founder and family of the company that you just acquired to change their way of thinking? Your private equity firm has just bought this great little company with the plan to turn it into this great big company. You can do that because you and your firm can bring assets to bare that you know will drive this company like it has never been driven before. The only problem is that people driving the bus have never driven like that.