Coaching: Don’t be afraid to pursue your dreams
A beautiful, articulate and sharp woman sat in my office recently, having a conversation with me about whether or...
Negotiations: Electronic communication has limitations
Question: I am in a new role and face an interesting dilemma. The majority of my negotiations will be...
Sales: Traditional sales model is doomed from the start
The response meter nearly tripped a breaker after last month's column on the importance of mindset in successful selling....
Biz notes
Vernal Management Consultants LLC Judy Borawski and June Kriviskey of Vernal Management Consultants LLC, Milwaukee, will facilitate a long-range...
Managers acquire Heritage Printing
Robert Wendt and Greg Mierow, employees of Brookfield-based Heritage Printing, have purchased the company from its founder, Joseph Tarillion....
Private investigation firm does due diligence
Due diligence is the most important element of a successful corporate acquisition. Experienced strategic and private equity buyers know...
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Business owners find wealth in recapitalization
Business owners, particularly those who started a company from scratch, tend to have a large percentage of their net...
Mergers & acquistions
Johnson Insurance acquires agency Johnson Insurance Services LLC announced it has acquired the Kaufman/Haumersen-Johnson Agency. The Kaufman/Haumersen-Johnson Agency had...
Going private has many advantages for smaller publicly held companies
In recent years, private equity firms have purchased increasing numbers of publicly traded companies.Since the early 2000s, billions of...
Goodbye to Wall Street
Until last December, The Oilgear Co., a Milwaukee manufacturer of hydraulic pumps, valves, controls, cylinders, motors and fluid meters, was a thinly-traded public company. Oilgear then became the first publicly traded Wisconsin-based company to be taken private by a private equity firm in years.
