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When the Financial Model Doesn’t Land

Beyond M&A

You’d think that after months of boardroom conversations and pitch meetings, the financial model would hold up under scrutiny. The Model Doesn’t Pass the Glance Test The team’s been selling the future — but no one’s been asked to walk through the mechanics of how it actually works. Fix that Financial Model!

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Agentic AI Musings

Beyond M&A

This has been at the core of computing since it emerged, but wrapping AI and models makes these small modules very useful. billion in investor funding over the last 12 months, spread over 156 deals, an increase of 81.4 The potential for Agentic AI to disrupt existing business models and create new markets is immense.

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Founders Who Win Think Ahead: The Exit Is the Strategy

Beyond M&A

Exit-Readiness Isn’t Just a Checklist — It’s a Cultur e Beyond M&A- Founder Exit Readiness Download We’ve written this week about financial models that don’t land, teams that can’t scale beyond passion, and SaaS stacks that are duct-taped together. And it rewards founders who’ve thought about it early. It’s a mirror.

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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

Mergers and Inquisitions

People are convinced that financial modeling in equity research is vastly different from investment banking and that research requires different or more specialized skills. So, for example, quarterly financial models are more common in equity research, as are detailed bottoms-up models used in initiating coverage reports.

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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Mergers and Inquisitions

With teams valued at sky-high prices, deal participation is limited to institutional investors such as SWFs and PE firms (and the occasional billionaire). Regulations – Does the league allow private equity or other financial sponsor ownership?

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Mergers and Inquisitions

At much larger companies, forecasting and planning become more important because there will be institutional investors who want earnings targets. Do the investors believe our numbers and metrics like ARR and ARPU ? But you could also rotate into corporate strategy , investor relations , or other areas.

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

Mergers and Inquisitions

This makes these assets a bit lumpy in financial models because the total capacity can stay the same for years but suddenly jump up when an expansion is completed. However, they all relate to an assets ability to pay or repay its investors. It takes a long time to find these examples, especially for non-U.S.