Save time, money, and painful disappointments: Investors do not charge due diligence fees
By: Miss Money® Published on: 04/08/2025Are you looking to raise capital, secure investment, or find buyers for your middle-market business? Learn how to identify qualified brokers, advisers, and investors. Discover the right way to protect your business from unregistered professionals.
“The lost boys,” a generation of forgotten men
By: Tash Salas Published on: 03/24/2025A growing crisis of “lost boys” threatens the future of generational wealth in business. As young men fall behind in education, work, and mental health, families risk losing successors ready to lead and preserve wealth across generations.
Risky Bet: How Leadership and Incentives Shape Success
By: Joseph Cass Published on: 03/07/2025Jamie Dimon’s choice to lead a failing Midwestern bank over lucrative offers from Amazon & Home Depot showcases leadership, alignment of incentives, and risk-taking in private markets. His turnaround of Bank One highlights how human capital, vision, and strategic alignment drive market success.
Not everything is about money
By: A.J. Krause Published on: 03/05/2025Why Business Owners Sell: It’s (Almost) Never About the Money Think selling is all about the payday? Think again. Middle-market owners exit to scale, de-risk, or just finally take that vacation. Strategic investors aren’t just check-writers—they’re the key to growth, legacy, and a smooth transition. Smart money moves, not just big ones.
“The lost boys,” a generation of forgotten men
By: Tash Salas Published on: 03/24/2025A growing crisis of “lost boys” threatens the future of generational wealth in business. As young men fall behind in education, work, and mental health, families risk losing successors ready to lead and preserve wealth across generations.
Risky Bet: How Leadership and Incentives Shape Success
By: Joseph Cass Published on: 03/07/2025Jamie Dimon’s choice to lead a failing Midwestern bank over lucrative offers from Amazon & Home Depot showcases leadership, alignment of incentives, and risk-taking in private markets. His turnaround of Bank One highlights how human capital, vision, and strategic alignment drive market success.
Northleaf Closes $1B Private Credit Fund
By: The Private Markets Forum Published on: 03/07/2025Northleaf Capital Partners raises $1B for its third private credit fund, pushing its AUM past $6.5B. This growth highlights rising demand for mid-market private lending, fueling PE-backed deals and asset-based finance. With 40% deployed, private credit’s expansion shows no signs of slowing.
Turning a service into a product: Underrated business model
By: Codie Sanchez Published on: 03/04/2025Scaling, valuation, and automation intersect in the productized service model—turning expertise into a scalable, subscription-based business. By eliminating hourly billing and automating workflows freelancers, become entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurs scalable businesses to boost valuations with predictable revenue, and create sellable assets.
