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Exit Planning Through an Investment Banker’s Lens

Focus Investment Banking

A successful exit hinges on three factors aligning: 1) the owner is personally ready, 2) market conditions are favorable, and 3) business performance is strong, and risks are minimal. Owners need to focus on #3 so that when #1 and #2 align, the business is ready for acquisition. As you read this, consider two realities: 1.

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Using options to buy the dip on this credit card name while hedging risk

CNBC: Investing

When you layer options on top of this mindset, you can build a powerful and structured trading system. I dive into the full strategy in detail in my book Mean Reversion Trading , and you'll find tons of real-world trade examples on my site. Skip Navigation Markets Pre-Markets U.S.

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High-Performance Collision Shops, Leadership, Lessons & Efficiency with Steve Trapp

Focus Investment Banking

Something in our pre show call we talked about was the importance of managing by data and structure rather than building your operation and managing your operation on gut feel. And so management walking around also involves building relationships with those techs and saying, hey, what could we be doing better to help you do better?

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Infrastructure Investment Banking: Definitions, Deals, and a Dizzying Diversity of Verticals

Mergers and Inquisitions

Yes, electric charging stations are infrastructure, but EV companies main business is manufacturing and selling cars, and cars are consumer discretionary items. However, public finance teams advise only governments, non-profits, and tax-exempt entities not private corporations and the scope of deals and industries is much narrower.

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Driving Growth Through Financial Insights with Bill Park

Focus Investment Banking

Driving Growth Through Financial Insights with Bill Park On this week’s episode, Cole Strandberg chats with Bill Park , former shop owner and founder of Crunchit , a company dedicated to helping collision repair businesses gain the financial insights they need to succeed. I didn’t even get an interview. Early on, for sure.

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Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report

Cisco: M&A

Skip to content Cisco Blogs / Security / Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report July 7, 2025 Leave a Comment Security Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report 6 min read Aamer Akhter While Cisco often focuses on business growth and market leadership, our most rewarding work happens when we set those metrics aside.

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Building an Empire - Businesses, Private Equity, And M&A - With Adam Coffey

How2Exit

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