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A private equity firm may not seem the natural partner for your family business, but taking on external investment doesn't have to mean losing all control.
The private equity industry is heading for tougher times, according to a survey of business leaders conducted by consultancy McKinney Rogers. Respondents expect the market to show zero net growth over the next 12 months and grow ‘only a little’ for two years after that.
Spectacular returns can be achieved through an MBO. Nevertheless, some of the deals currently under consideration could well end in failure due to basic errors in judgement.
There was a time, as the new millennium hove into view, when anyone with a dotcom suffix attached trailer-like to the back of their business imagined their fabulous future was assured. Raising money was easy even without a business plan, as business angels, venture capitalists and investment banks fell over themselves to stump up bundles of cash with the hope of backing the next worldwide web sensation.
Alchemists of old used to try to turn lead into gold, but latter-day exponents take businesses on their death-beds and nurse them back to rude health, says Elderstreet Investments boss Michael Jackson.
Seen it all before, understand all the problems, watched manifold disasters unravel in the past… does this remind you of anyone? Veteran venture capitalists.
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