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Highlights of SEMA/AAPEX/Global Tire Expo Week

Focus Investment Banking

I don’t know what goes on in those because I haven’t crashed one yet, but I’m imagining free food and drink and listening to a firm’s pitch. The cocktail reception features an open bar and carving/food stations and is usually followed by an awards show and ceremony. The focus here is on publicly traded companies. Where we stay.

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Single Store Generalist Shops | Why the Era is Coming to an End with Cole Strandberg

Focus Investment Banking

Now say we’re in good fortune here for this example because there is only one Pureplay Collision Group that is publicly traded and we know them as the Boy Group or Gerber Collision and Glass. Because they’re publicly traded, we get access to their financials and see how they do quarter in and quarter out and annually for 2023.

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Investing Principles: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Wins, Losses, and Strikeouts

Mergers and Inquisitions

Main Quests and Side Quests: Always focus on your main story quest, i.e., your portfolio of liquid, publicly traded assets, and ignore or deprioritize the side quests, such as becoming a mini-VC or investing in real estate. Yes, you will spend more money on rent, food, vacations, etc., at $600K, but youll also have far more to invest.

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Momentum Builds for Ophthalmology Recapitalizations

Focus Investment Banking

Traditional terminal exit routes for private equity-backed companies are to larger strategic acquirers (often public companies) and IPOs, where a private company becomes publicly traded. Pet food manufacturer Mars, for example, started acquiring larger veterinary organizations years ago. The theme is not entirely new, however.

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Cooley’s 2024 Life Sciences M&A Year in Review: M&A Slims Down in 2024, but Will Appetites Grow in 2025?

Cooley M&A

Public company deals: Smaller bites in more focused therapeutic areas The landscape for public company sales in the life sciences sector in 2024 was notably quieter than expected, with anticipated high-profile deals failing to materialize.

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