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By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth
Public vs. Private finance…The question is, which option is better, and why? Entrepreneurs, investors, and advisors have very strong opinions as to whether you’re better-off with private equity or an IPO when seeking to finance, sell, or otherwise seek investment capital for your company. In today’s post I’ll share some recently released information which may help you make the right decision…
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth
With the meltdown in credit markets over the past several weeks I thought it may be insightful to look beyond the typical cries of mutual greed on the part of lenders and borrowers alike to some of the lesser known underpinnings associated with this debacle. I’m not disputing for a second that many lenders have pushed the razor’s edge with aggressive, perhaps even in some cases predatory lending, and that many borrowers were (and still are) all too willing to accept potentially disastrous loan terms in an attempt to create a short-cut in the wealth building process. However my suspicion is that most of you reading this post don’t have clear visibility to the fact that there is a third head to the greed monster which I’ll reveal in today’s post…
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth
Today’s post will focus on the analysis of mid-market capital providers, which I believe provide the most significant opportunity for companies seeking funding in today’s tight credit markets. If on one end of the spectrum you’ve recently been given the cold shoulder by a bulge bracket lender, or at the other end of the spectrum been rebuffed by a smaller financial player, you’re not alone. In the text that follows I’ll lead you to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow…the mid-market capital providers.
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth
Most corporations of any size and scale have large investments in the land and facilities necessary for the successful operation of their business. While making corporate investments into real estate assets may seem to be a reasonable strategy at first glance, they are rarely investment or capital driven decisions, but rather operating decisions that in retrospect usually fail to maximize the leverage and value of their land and facilities beyond what is typically provided for within traditional ownership and financing structures. In today’s post I’ll address one of the popular options for leveraging your corporate real estate assets
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth
While the M&A space is very frothy with transactional volumes at record levels and premium valuations abounding, the risk associated with getting deals done might just also be at an all time high. Ideally selling a business should really be about taking what the CEO believes is the best deal, however lately it has become more about doing the deal that the CEO perceives as the most defensible transaction when evaluating the impact of the sale on a variety of constituencies. In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on getting the right deal done with the least amount of litigation risk
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth
Let me begin with the disclaimer that there are many different types of exit strategies and many different reasons for exit. That being said, in the text that follows we will only focus on the entrepreneur who sells the business and stays on in an executive capacity for the new entity. Most entrepreneurs are taught to begin identifying their exit planning strategy as early into the lifecycle of a venture as possible. In fact many entrepreneurs are so predisposed to selling their company for the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that they spend more time positioning for sale than operating their business. But my question to you is this: Is selling your business all that it’s really cracked-up to be? In today’s post I’ll discuss the flip-side of the coin by pointing-out what most entrepreneurs usually fail to consider; the downside of selling a business…
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth
When it comes to the business of business few decisions are as pivotal as those surrounding capital formation issues. Understanding when to seek capital, where to look for funding, how to structure the deal and other such decisions are at a minimum complex, and if made incorrectly problematic if not disasterous. For those executives and entrepreneurs who deal with such issues you’re in for a treat…Today’s post contains an exclusive interview with Marty Secada, one of the leading minds in alternative corporate finance.
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth
Venture Capital firms talk a good game when it comes to internationally diversifying their portfolio, but how aggressively do they really seek offshore investment opportunities? According to a recent study published Deloitte & Touche and the National Venture Capital Association apparently not very often. It seems that VCs feel that domestic investments are more attractive when contrasted to expatriating their capital abroad. While I don’t doubt that the US is a more mature, stable and certainly familiar market, I do question the study’s findings that it’s a more attractive market. In this blog post I’ll give the other side of the story from the perspective of someone who has been doing business internationally since the mid 80′s.
By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth
Based upon numerous requests from N2growth Blog readers and subscribers I will be publishing my advice and opinions in answer to your questions each Monday in a new series creatively named: “Myatt on Mondays“. Any questions related to the topic of business in general (Branding, Finance, Leadership, Talent Management, Marketing, Sales, PR, Strategy, etc.) are fair game. While I will do my best to accommodate as many requests as possible, the reality is that not all submissions will be accepted. Furthermore, because I am only going to publish an answer to one question each week it may be sometime before your answer is published (assuming your request is accepted). Therefore if you need immediate response, please mark your inquiry accordingly and I will attempt to contact you directly. Now that the ground rules are out of the way the first question I’ll answer is: “What is the difference between Venture Capital and Private Equity?”
