Beginning Investing

An acquirer cultivates a “farm team” of promising young companies not yet prepared for acquisition. In the age of the intimidating takeover, Charlie Leighton possibly will be the friendliest acquirer around. In several cases, he has built CML Group Inc. into a $350-million business by creating an environment that has proved irresistible to owners of [...]

New business plans to link institutional investors direct to bond auctions via computer modem. Investment bankers are desired to handle complex underwritings; however a New York City software business argues that they just get in the way all through straightforward bond sales. CapitaLink Securities Corp.’s plan is to hook institutional investors openly to bond auctions [...]

A venture capitalist discusses marketplace trends in addition to the venture capital business. Ben Rosen, one of the creators of modern venture capital, looks at danger capital in the ’90s. The Manhattan office of the Sevin Rosen Management Co. is studded by means of announcements of initial public offerings: a framed tombstone each for Lotus [...]

Filmstar Inc. set out to vary the market for independent-film financing along with distribution. All did not go as planned. If Filmstar Inc. were a movie, it may be rated two along with a half stars. Its performance has not been overwhelming — but it hasn’t been terrible, either. The Los Angeles Company set out [...]

A large amount books about venture capital are amazingly clinical. They cover topics such as pricing along with the composition of boards, by means of barely a nod to the skirmishes that sometimes break out between company founders and their venture investors. In Nothing Ventured, Robert J. Kunze, a veteran San Francisco venture capitalist, portrays [...]

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Hand-picking investors who will contribute to your success. If you are looking to sell private equity along with do not have a clear idea of whom to approach, Gary Cino may help focus your thinking. Rather than peddle his stock to someone who expressed an interest, Cino, whose business operates 98¢ Clearance stores in Northern [...]

Sellers to-be have a few lessons to learn, say experts who have studied the track record of Inc.’s Business for Sale column. Here is what has occurred to every company on the block and why. There is a story behind every business for sale. There are a whole lot of stories behind a whole lot [...]

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