The Handbook of Financing Growth: Strategies, Capital Structure, and M&A Transactions, Second Edition

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The percentage of business plans funded increases significantly if the basic concept is reasonable and the entrepreneur finds a fundable formula.

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The Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) credential is granted by Loyola University Chicago and the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors.

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The Growth Capital Navigator™ is a business process of High Rock Partners, Inc., used for driving the financing of internal and external growth, turnarounds, special projects, acquisitions, and restructurings.

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The Growth Strategy Navigator™ is a proprietary process developed and owned by High Rock Partners, Inc. The Growth Strategy Navigator^TM is a universal project leadership tool used for a wide array of major business initiatives including strategic and business planning, mergers and acquisitions, formation of joint ventures, acquisition integration, organizational restructures, lean enterprise-based continuous improvement projects, new technology and product launches, and new employee hiring.

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Beneficial owners include those stakeholders that may not directly have ownership at the time of your analysis, but may have a vested interest or have the right to ownership (i.e., a convertible note holder, holder of stock options, holder of warrants, or beneficiary of a trust that owns an interest in the business).

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Mike Adhikari developed the Transaction Valuation method. Mike has been an M&A adviser and investment banker since 1986. He is a guest speaker in the Entrepreneurial ...