Jeff Thomasson: The Visionary Entrepreneur
Originally published in Financial Advisor By Mark Hurley Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of interviews with thought leaders on the future of…
Category: Deals and Innovation
5 key of elements of a successful natural products company sale
Originally published in New Hope Network By Craig Lawson The organic and natural foods market is a fast-growing, $45 billion sector that is evolving rapidly….
Auto parts suppliers look for capital to grow and compete
Originally published in PE Hub By Daron Gifford The auto parts business has always been a capital-driven industry. Especially today, as suppliers are required to make…
It’s women and children last, not first, in venture-capital investing
Originally published in MarketWatch By Tammi Jantzen Venture capitalists are known for their intellectual curiosity, searching everywhere for new technologies that could change the world. Except…
Apocalypse not: Investing in new media today
Originally published in Venture Beat By Ben Wirz When mobile news platform Circa collapsed last Wednesday, hot on the heels of the consolidation sale of technology…
Tech Firms Should Drop ‘Brogrammer’ Culture, Welcome Women in
Originally published in The Street By Art Zeile How twentieth century: every example in the sad, decades-long timeline of bad “brogrammer” behavior, flagrant male sexism and sexist advertising in…
How suppliers can seize new opportunities in Mexico
Originally published in Automotive News By Daron Gifford Major automakers from around the globe are establishing or expanding operations in Mexico, and that means new challenges…
Opinion: A kinder, gentler activist investor gets to ‘yes’ faster
Originally published in MarketWatch By Tad Kelly In the sometimes clubby, wood-paneled world of corporate boards at publicly traded companies, a letter from an activist investor…
Vertical farming: A hot new area for investors
Originally published in CNBC By Craig Lawson One of the most promising fields in agriculture these days entails growing crops indoors in layers, stacked in racks,…
Seeding a Silicon Valley in Cuba
Originally published in ReCode By Ramphis Castro When venture capitalists talk about Cuba as the next Promised Land, they note foremost the very real political hurdles…