Positioning the Company for Institutional Growth
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Learn how to take an owner-operated or VC-backed business to the next, “institutional” level of growth, from the perspectives of a corporate lawyer who has served as a director and a Chief Strategy Officer to Skechers, USA, Inc. and an advisor to Pinkberry, Inc., investment bankers who have represented public and private companies and their owners for over 20 years, and a former CEO who is an advisor to CEOs and boards of directors.
POSITIONING A COMPANY FOR INSTITUTIONAL GROWTH:
Tips, Strategies and War Stories
MAJOR TOPICS:
- Adequate capitalization: short, medium and long-term
- Mapping the growth strategy alternatives
- Start-up vs. institutional business
- Managing operations and projections
- Boards of advisors / directors
- Management and talent
- Organic growth vs. acquisitions
- Finding suitable targets
- Getting additional capital
- Types of investors: financial, strategic, non-profit
- Structured equity / operational support
- Case studies / war stories
- Planning for an exit strategy
- What to look for in (and from) advisors