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Mark Hauser’s Hauser Private Equity Spearheads Major Deals in Industrial Sector

The Startup Magazine

According to Mark Hauser, the rising costs of healthcare and growth of the aging patient demographic in the region made the company well-positioned for growth within the market, and in researching the company he found that it had a very favorable reputation and was in line with Hauser Private Equity’s mission to invest in stable, quality companies.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

When the company hits potholes, Flexible VC investors usually don’t have the nuclear options of firing management and/or doing a recapitalization. That said, nothing is cost-free. More complex cost of capital calculation. Governance. Their only option is to work with management to try to fix the problems.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about advisors: Part 2.

venturehacks.com

They can even add more value than an independent board member because they don’t have to deal with corporate governance. The opportunity cost is probably too high. The company is acquired, recapitalized, or otherwise restructured and the advisors are no longer useful or desired. Or they raise your money for you.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

In Silicon Valley boardrooms, where “growth at all costs” had been the mantra for many years, people began to imagine a world where the cost of capital could rise dramatically, and profits could come back in vogue. Moreover, once high-flying startups began to struggle on the fundraising trail.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

The parallels to the music industry are too obvious even though the industry players, the medium and the cost structures are different. On the positive side, corporate profits are up, their balance sheets have been repaired and they have recapitalized themselves to have lower amounts of debt relative to equity.

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