The deal closes. That’s the moment the value is most at risk. Winning the deal is the easy part In private equity, enormous energy goes into winning the deal — the diligence, the negotiation, the financing. And rightly so. But the value in the investment thesis isn’t created at completion. It’s created in the eighteen…
The phrase gets used so casually it’s lost most of its meaning. Founders nod when their lawyer says it. Investors mention it in first meetings. Accountants charge for it. But ask five people what it actually means and you’ll get five different answers — and only one of them will be the one your lead…
Private equity debt lessons are clear in the Toys ‘R’ Us story: excessive leverage can strangle growth and block strategic pivots. The Corporate Autopsy, Vol. VI: Toys ‘R’ Us — The Finale Stop letting infrastructure shackles anchor your growth. We conclude our Corporate Autopsy series by dissecting a tragedy known to every parent and business…
(And How a Fractional CFO UK Can Help You Rebuild Investor Confidence) Founders are often the last to realise when the trust is starting to crack. You think everything’s fine — revenue’s growing, you’re hiring, maybe you’ve even landed some press. But behind the scenes, your investors are quietly losing sleep. They won’t always tell…
What a privilege it was to attend the “Growth Unleashed“ event at the magnificent Mansion House this week, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London! Our very own The Rt Hon. the Lord Mayor Alastair King, hosted this inaugural scale-up showcase with the incredibly ambitious goal of “supercharging investment into the UK’s fast-growing…
Perhaps you thought of WrightCFO purely in the context of supporting dynamic tech start-ups, thriving media agencies, innovative creative firms, or vital not-for-profit organisations. While these sectors are indeed our heartland, there’s a significant area where our team of expert fractional CFOs consulting bring invaluable, perhaps less widely known, expertise: supporting businesses just like yours…