Equidam

JULY 18, 2022

When we raised our first round of capital for Equidam, about a decade ago, we didn’t know much of what we now know about fundraising. Typically this round is a small injection of cash used to get a proof of concept off the ground, or set up the core business and beyond that point. Plenty has changed since then.

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FE International

MAY 11, 2022

It is becoming increasingly easier to sell clothes online. Together with his co-founder Jackson Geller he built Upright Labs , a SaaS company offering leading multichannel inventory management software within the secondhand retail market, powering Goodwill, Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity and more. Bootstrappers ).

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Appraiser Newsroom

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Editor’s Note: Diversifying your client base is key to weathering an economic slowdown. Here are 6 valuable tips appraisers can do now. It’s important to have a website and to tell a little about your company and the services that you offer. Think of your website as a resource for the public. Get a Website. Start a Blog.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 25, 2023

The time is ripe now to talk about how professional sports, in its many variations around the world, has blown a financial gasket, as you see teams sold for prices that seem out of sync with their financial fundamentals and players signed on contracts that equate to the GDP of a small country.

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Appraisers Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Even then, the shift away from dual use is nearly complete, dual use appraisal for reo and origination appears very rare or even non existent at this time. Even then, the shift away from dual use is nearly complete, dual use appraisal for reo and origination appears very rare or even non existent at this time.

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ISA

MARCH 30, 2022

For this month’s education blog, I was asked to write about starting or moving your appraisal business. For those of you who have “been around the block” and have no plans of moving, you may pick up some tips for tightening up your business practices or obtaining more work. Enlist your friends.

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Musings on Markets

APRIL 21, 2022

I am not a prolific user of social media platforms, completely inactive on Facebook and a casual lurker on LinkedIn, but I do use Twitter occasionally, and have done so for a long time, with my first tweet in April 2009, making me ancient by Twitter standards. My forecasted revenues for 2023 of $11.2 My forecasted revenues for 2023 of $11.2

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Brian DeChesare

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

One of the more controversial industry groups is public finance investment banking. It is a more specialized group with certain disadvantages vs. other industry groups and product groups (e.g., more limited exit opportunities). The controversy starts with the name: Is public finance “really” investment banking?

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ThomsonReuters

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Basically, this is an evaluation of your company’s chance of survival. If an assessment of financials reveals substantial doubt about your ability to continue as a going concern, the reasons why must be reported, as well as any actions your company plans to take to address the adverse circumstances or events that have affected it.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 14, 2021

Some of this surge can be attributed to companies becoming more complex and geographically diversified, but much of it can be traced to increased disclosure requirements from accounting rule writers and market regulators.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 23, 2023

As Rayburn noted, though, “the biggest and boldest, the richest and most ruthless lobby Congress had ever known” came after that bill. [2] American Leadership in the Capital Markets The foundational work of Rayburn, the rest of Congress, and Roosevelt has been part of our nation’s economic success and global standing ever since.

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Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Protecting the Public for 90 Years For 90 years, the federal securities laws and the SEC’s work to oversee them have played a crucial role for the public both in good times and in times of stress. The SEC is the cop on the beat watching out for your constituents. Thank you for inviting me to testify today.

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Brian DeChesare

MARCH 22, 2023

However, the tone of the article was too optimistic, and I should have recommended looking for “Plan B” options more forcefully. Why did UBS just acquire CS for less than $1.00 And what should you do if you have an internship or full-time offer at CS or UBS? it’s starting to feel a lot like 2008. a year ago?

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IVSC

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Stephanie began her time at Bloomberg in 2016 as BVAL’s Chief Operating Officer and subsequently became the product’s Global Head of Markets Research and Analysis before leading the business globally. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Stephanie spent over 20 years on the buy- and sell-sides.

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Brian DeChesare

MAY 17, 2023

Ever since the 2008 financial crisis, there has been massive hype about both private equity and technology. And just as tech and TMT investment banking have become the most desirable groups on the sell-side, tech private equity has reached a similar status on the buy-side. Why Did PE Firms Start Buying Tech Companies?

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If you have been tracking the torturous workings of the infrastructure bills working their way through Congress, consideration is now being given to a "billionaire" tax, focused on a extraordinarily small subset of Americans, and intended to raise tens, perhaps even hundreds, of billions of dollars in revenues, to cover the costs of the bill.

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Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Your first thoughts reading this article might be, “Wait a minute, why are ‘private equity exit opportunities’ a topic? Who would ever leave this industry? But despite the hype, people do leave private equity all the time, whether it’s voluntary or forced. Why Leave Private Equity? And what could be better?”.

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IBG Business

MARCH 11, 2022

Making a good selling decision requires good information. Knowing how much your business is worth, in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and business sales context, is far too important to rely on informal advice (even from well-meaning sources), rules of thumb, or dissimilar comparisons. “[Fox – Peter P. .

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Brian DeChesare

OCTOBER 12, 2022

That said, much of it is better than the junk found on generic websites about how to start a hedge fund. Oh, and it worked much better in 1990, 2000, or even 2010 than in the 2020s and beyond. Since I enjoy destroying your hopes and dreams, let’s get started with the full break-down: What is Private Equity? How Does It Work?

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Others, just as passionately, have argued that I am under estimating the company's capacity to grow, enter new businesses and generate additional profits, and have pointed to my history of undershooting with the company.

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M&A Leadership Council

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Part 2: Six Essential Components for your IMO Playbook & The Single Most Overlooked Requirement. In Part 1, “ IMO Playbook: Your Coach’s Handbook to M&A ,” we discussed the importance of having an integration management office (IMO) playbook and the business results other companies have experienced by using an effective IMO playbook.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In a post a few weeks ago , I argued that the disclosure process had lost its moorings, as corporate disclosures (annual filings, prospectuses for IPOs) have become more bulky, while also become less informative. As we look at the explosion of disclosures around the world, there are many obvious culprits.

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Brian DeChesare

JULY 27, 2022

Anyone who’s ever traded stocks can understand long/short equity , and even simple global macro trades are easy to explain to the average person. Credit hedge funds might be the most consistently overlooked buy-side opportunity. This definition already feels difficult to understand, so a quick example might help.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 3, 2024

By hearing about issues significant to the Enforcement program, you all are better able to counsel your clients. But before we get to the “what,” I’d like to discuss the “why” of our work. Whether you’re here in person or participating virtually from around the country, or even overseas, I thank you for joining us.

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FE International

MARCH 14, 2018

How to Sell an App. Software development is a unique and ever-evolving industry. As the technical evolution of the industry continues to take it in a more accessible direction , and consumer demand for useful and disruptive software increases, the market is getting more lucrative for innovative, independent developers.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 25, 2023

The other is pragmatic , since it is almost impossible to value a company or business, without a clear sense of how risk exposure varies across the world, since for many companies, either the inputs to or their production processes are in foreign markets or the output is outside domestic markets.

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FE International

JANUARY 3, 2021

Are you hoping to sell your online shop? Or are you interested in what your store could be worth? Whether you’re selling a Shopify business or any other kind of e-commerce store, this article will teach you how to obtain an accurate business valuation and how to complete an e-commerce business sale.

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