Market Insights

  1. Greater New Orleans Private Company Forum

    Founders recently hosted their spring Private Company CEO Forum at The Lakehouse, located in the historic Bechac House on Lake Ponchartrain in Mandeville, Louisiana.  Founders hosted 20 middle market companies represented by 28 executive guests for the half day event that included a culinary revival of South Louisiana cuisine. Helping co-hosted the event was Butler…

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  2. Founders Investment Banking and Arlington Capital Advisors Advise Bravo Food Service

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (February 28, 2017) – Founders Investment Banking, LLC and Arlington Capital Advisors, LLC are pleased to announce that Four Foods Group (FFG) has purchased substantially all of the assets of Bravo Food Service, LLC (Bravo), a leading franchisee of Little Caesars in the Southeast. Bravo’s shareholders were advised by Founders Investment Banking (Founders)…

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  3. Good investment bankers are worth their weight in gold!

    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…

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  4. SaaS Market Newsletter – Q4 Industry Update

    By: Zane Tarence In this edition of the SaaS Market Newsletter, we discuss the power of incentives as our Quarterly Tip. At Founders’ fourth annual SaaS & Internet Summit, one of the mentors, Matt Hamilton of Summit Partners, shared how he and the Summit team view the power of incentives and their ability to influence…

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  5. Permian Performance Update

    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…

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