I think I was subscriber number 293 – certainly somewhere under one thousand. That got me the privilege of sharing a Dim Sum meal in Boston’s Chinatown with the curly haired, lightening talking, quick-fire questioning editor of what was then known as PE Week Wire. In...
I’m a morning person. No, not the kind you are thinking. The type that goes to bed at 2:30 or 3:00 AM. You won’t find me at a power breakfast at a fancy hotel at 6:30 AM as I’ll be making breakfast for my 12 yr old daughter Celia and then jumping,...
In a time when people are stressed about their jobs and doing what they have to in order to survive, it is a comfort to be working with a select group of individuals who can stay calm under pressure and work as a team to get the job done in a professional manner. My...
I have been fielding these same questions from my GP, LP and other industry colleagues: • “What do you think about the ILPA Principles?” (soft voice) • “How do you think it will affect my business?” (worried voice) • “They don’t...
Nice economy we’re having, eh? How’s your company weathering this economic storm? Picture the familiar scenario of a slowly sinking ship with its occupants desperately throwing valuables overboard to lighten the load. Were you one of the valuables? Has...
The other day I was reading an interesting article on Defensive Due Diligence by Claudine Cohen, Mendy Dwestel and Andrew Finkle (all from Grant Thornton) in the January 2010 of Mergers & Acquisitions publication of the Association for Corporate Growth. They make...
