What’s the word from Washington D.C.? Plans are underway to cut spending. Where will the cuts be? What priorities will continue to get funded? What are the implications to dealmakers?
Both Laura Kevghas of Mirus Capital Advisors and Paul Serotkin of Venture Management agree that hot investment areas in the federal government sector currently include: cyber [...]

Not all that long ago many small and mid-market companies struggled with the very basic issue of survival. First, they pulled as much cost and inefficiency out of operations as possible. Once there was nothing more to cut they shifted gears, and with laser like precision, hunkered down to grow the top line. Developing new [...]

by Larry Blumsack, President, Zoka Institute
Larry guest blogs a Should Have Been There column for ACG
It was double days for dealmaking at the 2010 ACG Boston Growth Conference held at the Boston Park Plaza. On Wednesday, DealSource – a full day event this year— kicked off the Conference’s first day.  There were two major changes, [...]

Does clean technology create opportunity for dealmakers?  You bet it does, according to John Talvacchia of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC.

Refresher:  Clean Technology covers a broad array of products, technologies and services that promote renewable sources of energy and reduce the carbon footprint: renewable energy like wind, solar and biomass; alternative fuels like [...]

by guest blogger Jarrad Zalkin
Vice President
TM Capital Corporation
The M&A market has been increasingly active in recent weeks, with deals of all sizes and profiles being announced across a broad spectrum of industries.  This is certainly a positive indicator for our economy, since healthy volumes of M&A activity are generally clear signs that folks are thinking [...]

Surveys repeatedly report that mergers & acquisitions do not live up to expectations because of post merger integration issues and incompatible company cultures. Well, most dealmakers don’t want to add time or cost, attributable to assessing culture, to due diligence. And it’s uninspiring to think about a target acquisition going south due to a cultural [...]

By guest blogger Jarrad Zalkin
Vice President
TM Capital Corporation
Over the last several quarters we’ve seen a distinct resurgence in mid-market M&A activity.  Strategic buyers are back on the playing field “en masse”, and financial players are again toeing the line as credit becomes more accessible.  Alongside this up-tick in M&A, I’ve also noticed an increase [...]

By Larry Blumsack, President, Zoka Institute
Larry guest blogs a Should Have Been There column for ACG.
Reflection and projection on the middle market resulted in a highly informative and energetic panel discussion at the ACG Boston Middle Market Forum breakfast last Thursday at the Sheraton Boston.
Moderator Jay Jester, Managing Partner at Audax Group, assembled a [...]

Just over a week ago the ACG Women’s Executive Forum featured a stellar panel of women who serve on boards cutting across non-profits, start-ups, private and public companies. After digesting all of their pearls of wisdom the question popped up, what about family owned and managed businesses? What sorts of challenges might their board members [...]

By guest blogger Jarrad Zalkin
Vice President
TM Capital Corporation
It’s become abundantly clear over the last few quarters that the private equity sector has faced its share of challenges, particularly in the middle market.  Access to leverage is limited, general deal volume is down and deal quality is more irregular than we would all like to see [...]