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Save time, money, and painful disappointments: Investors do not charge due diligence fees

Save time, money, and painful disappointments: Investors do not charge due diligence feesBy: Miss Money® Published on: 04/08/2025

Are 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.

Growth and ExitInvestors
Save time, money, and painful disappointments: Investors do not charge due diligence fees

“The lost boys,” a generation of forgotten men

“The lost boys,” a generation of forgotten menBy: Tash Salas Published on: 03/24/2025

A 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.

LeadershipThinklings
“The lost boys,” a generation of forgotten men

Risky Bet: How Leadership and Incentives Shape Success

Risky Bet: How Leadership and Incentives Shape SuccessBy: Joseph Cass Published on: 03/07/2025

Jamie 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.

LeadershipOutliers
Risky Bet: How Leadership and Incentives Shape Success

Not everything is about money

Not everything is about moneyBy: A.J. Krause Published on: 03/05/2025

Why 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.

Growth and Exit
Not everything is about money

“The lost boys,” a generation of forgotten men

“The lost boys,” a generation of forgotten menBy: Tash Salas Published on: 03/24/2025

A 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.

LeadershipThinklings
“The lost boys,” a generation of forgotten men

Risky Bet: How Leadership and Incentives Shape Success

Risky Bet: How Leadership and Incentives Shape SuccessBy: Joseph Cass Published on: 03/07/2025

Jamie 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.

LeadershipOutliers
Risky Bet: How Leadership and Incentives Shape Success

Northleaf Closes $1B Private Credit Fund

Northleaf Closes $1B Private Credit FundBy: The Private Markets Forum Published on: 03/07/2025

Northleaf 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.

Private Markets
Northleaf Closes $1B Private Credit Fund

Turning a service into a product: Underrated business model

Turning a service into a product: Underrated business modelBy: Codie Sanchez Published on: 03/04/2025

Scaling, 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.

Thinklings
Turning a service into a product: Underrated business model