At our recent Silicon Y’all SaaS and Digital Media Summit, Matt Hamilton of Summit Partners shared insight into employee incentives as a great method of motivating employees to achieve desired business results. There are various types of incentives, each with its own unique way of influencing employee behavior. When used effectively, these incentives can have…
Guest article by Casey West, Managing Partner at SSM Partners. This article was originally published on December 1, 2016. Ha! Wipe the coffee off your shirt! I’m serious! As long-time investors in growth-companies, we’re often asked by entrepreneurs about investment bankers. Will they really be helpful in selling the company? I suppose these questions arise due…
By: Vaughn McCrary Production out of the Permian increased from both 2015 to 2016 and 2016 to 2017, which is tough to believe given the industry environment during the period. As seen in the figure below, the EIA expects Permian basin production to continue to increase over the next two years compared to relatively flat…
Middle market companies typically go through cycles that require business owners to make decisions involving capital structure. These decisions can vary: 1) a desire to restructure a high debt service burden holding the company back 2) the opportunity to make needed investments to pursue growth opportunities or 3) buy out partners, to name a few. …
2016 was a remarkable year of growth for Founders Investment Banking. In addition to expanding the team, Founders opened a new location in Dallas, Texas and launched a new practice group that specializes in the Industrial Technology market. The Industrial Technology practice is led by Gene Bazemore (link to Gene’s bio), an investment banker with…
THE TRANSACTION The Principals of Founders Investment Banking served as exclusive financial adviser to Enovation Controls in its divestiture of its Power Controls (PC) and Vehicle Technologies (VT) lines of business to Sun Hydraulics Corporation (NASDAQ: SNHY). Enovation Controls and Sun Hydraulics closed the transaction on December 5, 2016. THE COMPANY Enovation Controls operates in…