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Capital Raising / Medical Technology - MedTech / Mergers & Acquisitions

Attending BIOMEDigital 2020 (November 4-5)

https://www.biomedevicesanjose.com/en/home.html I will be attending this two-day virtual conference, hoping to connect with both investors interested in early stage medtech, as well as owners of growing and established companies who may need our M&A...

PowerPoint Presentation 15 Market Forces' Impact on Medtech Manufacturers

Exit and Succession Planning / Healthcare / Manufacturing / Medical Technology - MedTech / Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity

Should You Invest In or Divest Your Medical Manufacturing Company?

ATTENTION SHAREHOLDERS: Healthcare and Medical Technology Manufacturing Your industry is changing around you. Here are 15 market factors either building or eroding your private company’s value. You owe it to yourself and family to...

COVID-19 / Mergers & Acquisitions / Selling a Privately Held Company

Has the M&A Market Caught a Virus Too?

Deal activity is still moving forward, albeit at a diminished pace and activity level. It depends on the stage in the process.

COVID-19 / Economics / Mergers & Acquisitions

16 Immediate Actions Company Owners Should Take to Protect Their Business’ Financial Health During COVID-19

The coronavirus COVID-19 impact on business may be devastating. Here are sixteen protective actions business owners should consider taking or financial ratios to track to protect their company’s financial health.

Exit and Succession Planning / Family Businesses / Private Equity

Family Businesses Series of Six Articles

In addition to investment banking, I write a periodic Business Ownership guest column for News.ThomasNet.com.

I published a series of six articles on Family Businesses in late 2019 (which were tremendously popular, ranking in the top of all articles read that week).

This series is useful and important reading for private company owners considering family succession.

Please see the list and links below.

Mergers & Acquisitions / Valuation

How Basketball Free Agent Negotiations Resemble the Mergers & Acquisitions Market

The annual basketball free agent frenzy that started June 30 caused its own fireworks before Independence Day.

For those who follow this, it’s a shuffle akin to Whac-a-Mole® in which select players suddenly pop up having signed to new teams. Fans losing beloved players to other cities go through a grieving process of shock, acceptance, then hope that the replacement will perform at least as well as the dearly departed one now about to set up shop with the Brooklyn Nets.

Exit and Succession Planning / Family Businesses / Manufacturing / Medical Technology - MedTech / Mergers & Acquisitions

Medtech Contract Manufacturers: Plan Your Next 5-8 Years Using This Tool for a Deeper Understanding of Your Market’s Drivers and Conditions

Click this link for the full one-page printable and downloadable summary of key macroeconomic and industry factors affecting medical technology manufacturers. This one-page infographic is geared particularly to Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMO) and Electronic...

Healthcare / Manufacturing / Medical Technology - MedTech / Strategy

3D Printing Changing Manufacturing Blindingly Fast

Critical Strategy Issues Facing Advanced Manufacturers: market disruption, capital investment, planning for next few years. The importance of additive manufacturing is growing fast…most Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) offering high-precision metals and plastics manufacturing do not yet offer AM solutions.

Capital Raising / Growth Equity / Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity / Selling a Privately Held Company

Why Now May Be the Right Time to Sell Your Company or Raise Financing

Privately-held company owners contemplating a corporate transaction – such as sale of the company or selling part equity to co-investors supporting further growth – should begin the process now. Market conditions are very seller-favorable....

Healthcare / Manufacturing / Medical Technology - MedTech / Mergers & Acquisitions

Medical Device Contract Manufacturing (Plastics, Precision Machining and Electronics) M&A Musical Chairs

The medical device industry and its associated contract manufacturing providers (plastics and precision machining, in particular) are very M&A-active now. There are several reasons why. Government policy and other changes to the healthcare system...