Baby Boomers and Their Businesses. Implications for Mergers & Acquisitions in 2013 and Beyond.
November 30, 2012: Q3 2012 Baby Boomers and Their Businesses. Implications for Mergers and Acquisitions in 2013 and Beyond.
Inflation and Economic Theory? What’s the Deal?
According to traditional economic theory, inflation should be increasing right now, at a growing pace. What are the economic drivers and what is the outlook?
Shanna Dutton joins ClearRidge Team
September 2, 2012 - Shanna Dutton joins ClearRidge team in Downtown Tulsa, actively involved in M&A, restructuring, due diligence and financial analysis engagements
Stock Markets Volatile – Time to Sell My Business?
We’re just coming off the back of a month when the Dow Jones lost almost 10%. Should this mean anything to you if you were planning to sell your business? We should try to separate perception and reality; future expectations and historical performance and discuss how they intersect.
5 Traits of an Effective Business Sale Process
These brief tips are all intended to maximize the purchase price, ensure an efficient sale process and increase the likelihood of closing a deal the first time and on time.
Optimism Despite Strong Headwinds: Private Equity for Private Oklahoma Businesses.
Private equity has been in a lot of headlines lately … and many of those for the wrong reasons. Mitt Romney, a private equity success story, has brought unprecedented attention to the industry, amid political and public calls for sweeping changes to the tax treatment of their earnings; in an economic climate that has already hurt many private equity firms. In spite of all the negative press, a recent survey by CFO.com, along with Rothstein Kass, has revealed a positive outlook from those in the business; at least according to their survey responses
Ready to sell your business in 2012 – NOT SO FAST.
If you are considering selling your business in 2012, you need to consider the full sale process, from start to finish. Oftentimes, a business owner has so many other commitments and so little time, that they focus on the front-end of the sale process and work through the later stage of the process when the time comes. What we’re talking about today is why it is critical to consider the complete sale process at the outset and we’ll talk through some common mistakes and potential consequences.
5 Questions with Matthew Bristow: Tulsa World
February 17, 2012. Tulsa World 5 Questions with Matthew Bristow, Managing Director ClearRidge. He is a federal- and state-registered investment banking agent and a certified merger and acquisition advisor, with banking and finance experience in London and Paris.
7 Lesser Known Challenges of Selling a Privately-Owned Business
we’ll discuss some of the lesser known, but frequent challenges that can occur when selling a company. While most are avoidable, they can still be tricky issues to navigate in a business sale process.
Filling a Void? Oklahoma Venture Capital and Growth Capital
According to participants in yesterday’s Bricktown Capital Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma has a need for more robust venture capital, nurture capital and in some cases private equity, when an entrepreneur needs between $1 million and $5 million to fuel the growth of their business. For any higher amounts, out of state capital is targeting Oklahoma companies, and for amounts below $1 million, there are small business grants, loans, incentives, family money and even bootstrapping that can provide the required capital. It is the critical gap in between where we need to focus our efforts.
