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Buying and Selling a Business reveals key strategies to sell and acquire business investments. Garrett Sutton, Esq. is a best-selling author of numerous law for the layman books, and he guides the listener clearly through all of the obstacles to be faced before completing a winning transaction.

Small businesses are the backbone of the US economy. They are the biggest job creators and offer a path to the American dream. But for many, it is difficult to get the capital they need to operate and succeed. In the Great Recession, access to capital for small businesses froze and in the aftermath, many community banks shuttered their doors and other lenders that had weathered the storm turned to more profitable avenues. For years after the financial crisis, the outlook for many small businesses was bleak. But then a new dawn of financial technology, or 'fintech', emerged.

Valuation is at the heart of any investment decision, whether that decision is to buy, sell, or hold. In The Little Book of Valuation, expert Aswath Damodaran explains the techniques in language that any investor can understand, so you can make better investment decisions when reviewing stock research reports and engaging in independent efforts to value and pick stocks.

Agility isn't a formula, a framework, nor a set of roles and rituals to follow. It's a timeless way of being that matures with practice and skill. Becoming agile involves knowing the difference between being quick or hurrying, moving with ease or difficulty, being in or out of balance, graceful or awkward, adaptable or rigid, resourceful or resentful. With Joy of Agility, Joshua Kerievsky, CEO of Industrial Logic, one of the oldest and most-respected agile consultancies in the world, shows you how to harness agility in work and life to solve problems and succeed sooner.

Many entrepreneurs dream of the day their company is acquired and they secure a perfect exit. But information about the process of getting your business acquired usually comes from expensive investment bankers who typically advise late-stage startups. In Selling Your Startup, serial entrepreneur Alejandro Cremades delivers an accessible guide on how to sell your startup. With first-hand experience as a fully exited entrepreneur, investment banker, and lawyer, Cremades describes the tips and tricks startup founders need to sell their early-stage to growth-stage business.

Money Games is a riveting tale of one of the most successful buyout deals ever: the acquisition and turnaround of what used to be Korea's largest bank by the American firm Newbridge Capital. Full of intrigue and suspense, this insider's account is told by the chief architect of the deal itself, the celebrated author and private equity investor Weijian Shan. With billions of dollars at stake, and the nation's economic future on the line, Newbridge Capital sought to become the first foreign firm in history to take control of one of Korea's most beloved financial institutions.

Renowned risk and finance expert Håkan Jankensgård delivers an extraordinary and startling discussion of how firms should navigate a world of uncertainty and unexpected events. It examines three fundamental, high-level strategies for creating resilience in the face of "black swan" risks, highly unlikely but devastating events: insurance, buffering, and flexibility.

Private Equity Fund Operations: A CFO’s Guide to Back-Office Excellence is the definitive resource for understanding the essential back-office operations of private equity funds. Written by a private equity fund CFO for industry professionals, this book provides an in-depth look at the critical functions that drive success. Whether you're a CFO, fund manager, or finance professional, this guide offers valuable insights to navigate and optimize fund management operations. Inside, you’ll learn how to: ✅ Navigate the complexities of private equity fund structures, from Limited ...

Unlock the Power of Strategic Growth—Master the Art of Business Acquisitions What if your next business breakthrough didn’t require building from scratch, but acquiring the right company instead? Business Acquisitions is your definitive roadmap to mastering one of modern entrepreneurship's most powerful yet underutilized strategies. Whether you’re an ambitious startup founder, seasoned investor, or growth-focused executive, this book demystifies the entire acquisition process—from identifying high-value targets and conducting due diligence to negotiating deals and integrating ...

Get money for your business! Learn the financing fast track strategies used by successful entrepreneurs and investors.

You've focused on mergers and acquisitions, but how much do you know about divestitures? Wharton professor Emilie R. Feldman provides a comprehensive primer on what strategic objectives divestitures can achieve, which businesses divestitures typically involve, what divestiture structures companies can choose from, and how to implement divestitures to maximize their financial benefits.

At the heart of investment banking and finance fundamentals is the realm of private equity financing. This is how most wall street investors and ce os of enterprises make millions of dollars every year. If you're interested in learning about finance fundamentals or considering a job in investment banking or private equity, are an entrepreneur or a startup founder; this is a subject you must master. This audiobook offers a deeper understanding of what private equity is all about!

With an easy-to-understand approach, Cost Estimation: Methods and Tools provides comprehensive coverage of the quantitative techniques needed by professional cost estimators and for those wanting to learn about this vibrant career field. Featuring the underlying mathematical and analytical principles of cost estimation, the book focuses on the tools and methods used to predict the research and development, production, and operating and support costs for successful cost estimation in industrial, business, and manufacturing processes.

El camino al éxito de Jürgen Klarić no fue espontáneo ni improvisado: lo forjó, a través de los años, siguiendo 30 principios básicos que no solo le enseñaron a vender a la mente y a conectarse con el dinero, sino que también aumentaron exponencialmente su patrimonio hasta ser uno de los conferencistas más icónicos de nuestra época. Conoce los 30 secretos del líder de la manada: el BlackLion, y asegura tu riqueza de una vez por todas.

Without creativity, there is no business. At the core of Cirque du Soleil’s lavish, multi-million-dollar productions is Vice Chairman Daniel Lamarre, who has mastered the ability to bring business and creativity together across multiple languages and cultures in a way that has never been seen before. The secrets he shares in Balancing Acts are rooted in tremendous faith in your own creative skills, even if you are convinced you have none, and those of the sharpest minds within your organization.

>#BreakIntoVC: How to Break Into Venture Capital And Think Like an Investor, gives you the insight to understand technology investing without endlessly scouring the Internet or having access to the top venture firms in the industry. What if a few new habits could help you understand the complex and ever-changing landscape of the technology sector? What if you could tell a great business from a good business with a few simple steps? Imagine being one of the smartest people in the room when it comes to transportation technology, drones, or healthcare technology.

How did a bank, which boasts ‘we’re committed to helping protect the world’s financial system on which millions of people depend, by only doing business with customers who meet our high standards of transparency’ come to facilitate Mexico’s richest drug baron? And how did a bank that as recently as 2002 had been named ‘one of the best-run organisations in the world’ become so entwined with such a criminal? Too Big to Jail is an extraordinary story brilliantly told by writer, commentator, and former editor of The Independent.

It's become accepted wisdom that established companies can't build and scale new ventures the way startups can—after all, startups are lean and agile, while incumbents are too big, slow, and inflexible. But that's nonsense, and it's time to challenge that idea. Linda Yates, the founder and CEO of Silicon Valley-based Mach49, argues that to thrive, companies can and must harness their power—their ideas, talent, data, cash, resources, channels, and customers—to build a portfolio of game-changing ventures and beat the startups at their own game.

A Founder’s Conversation with a Fractional CFO distills William McNarland’s 25 years in private equity and valuation into a founder-friendly series presented as direct Q&A. Each concise chapter opens with a single question he has fielded thousands of times from real founders, whether it is how to interpret unit economics, when to refresh a valuation, or what investors expect in a data room, and then delivers a practical answer you can apply in minutes. The format let's busy leaders jump straight to the topic that keeps them up at night without wading through theory, while the cumulative...

In Alpha Girls, award-winning journalist Julian Guthrie takes listeners behind the closed doors of venture capital, an industry that transforms economies and shapes how we live. We follow the lives and careers of four women who were largely written out of history - until now. These women, juggling work and family, shaped the tech landscape we know today while overcoming unequal pay, actual punches, betrayals, and the sexist attitudes prevalent in Silicon Valley and in male-dominated industries everywhere.