Former FBI Lead Hostage Negotiator Chris Voss on Negotiation Strategies
Voss offers techniques to set up a business negotiation for success, red flags to watch for and the best way to relay bad news.
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Innovation Is Transforming M&A
Disruptive technology is transforming dealmaking, allowing forward-thinking M&A professionals to thrive by utilizing the best elements of innovation.
ACG Cincinnati Takes a Whiskey Journey
To learn how business leaders think about their products, attendees participated in a consumer behavior exercise with whiskey at the center.
Middle-Market Public Policy Roundup
The National Center for the Middle Market hosted the Government-Business Forum, Pres. Trump backed opportunity zones and the Senate raised debt concerns.
Native American Tribe Bets on Mid-Market Businesses
Tribal communities and midsize companies stand to benefit as the Pokagon Band and other Native American tribes diversify beyond gaming.
It’s the Small Things: Direct Investing
Eight facts about the new strategies used by family offices, pension plans and others looking to buy assets directly, rather than as a PE limited partner.
How Outsourced HR Can Bolster Bolt-ons
Human resources service providers can help private equity firms standardize HR across their portfolio companies, as well as within their own organizations.
Middle-Market Public Policy Roundup
The OCC issued a warning of rising corporate debt levels, with one veteran lawmaker comparing current conditions to those before the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.
Representations and Warranties: A Win for Founders and Sponsors
A partner at Trivest Partners, one of the first private equity firms to use R&W insurance, traces the growing use of these policies in the middle market.
Once-Cheap Loans Could Become Expensive Burden as Rate Hike Looms
Cheap credit helped fuel economic growth after the global financial crisis, but with interest rates set to rise in December, future growth is uncertain.