Bank Executives


Now Is Not The Time

By Neil L. Bergman |  Jan 1, 1982

Unless your company has tremendous sex appeal, don't even think about going public in today's market. By sex appeal, I mean high visibility and obvi...  Read story

The Match Game

By Suzanne McGee |  Apr 1, 2003

Need a million dollars or more? Thousands of new investment bankers can lend a hand. Just watch costs, and read the fine print.  Read story

Company for Sale by Owner -- or Maybe Not

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 2000

In today's overheated mergers and acquisitions market, it's no surprise that many entrepreneurs are thinking of selling their company. But who should be the ...  Read story

Heated Interest

By Robert C. Carbone |  Aug 1, 1983

In discussing Spire Corp.'s interest in going public ("A Fight to Harness the Sun," May), the article said that, "investment bankers have urged [Little] t...  Read story

Cashing Out: Preparing for That Day

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1995

A business owner who became an investment banker tells Inc. how he prepared to sell his company.  Read story

Mind of a Manager: Insights from an Investment Banker

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 1996

An investment banker who is also an entrepreneur explains how to select a good investment banker.  Read story

Everybody Into The Pool

By Donna Sammons Carpenter |  Apr 1, 1985

COMPANIES MAY SOON FIND THEMSELVES SELLING MORE PARTNERSHIPS TO R D POOLS THAN TO INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS.  Read story

Equity Investment;

By Reported by Donna Fenn |  Jul 1, 1987

If you need capital to expand your business, don't assume that an investment banker has the answer. "Investment bankers want you to think that they own t...  Read story

The Corpocracy's Last Gasp

By STEVEN PEARLSTEIN |  Oct 1, 1987

The raiders accuse corporate managers of incompetence. The managers accuse the raiders of greed. In this case, they're both right  Read story

What Pension Funds Want

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1994

What institutional investors look for when they are considering investments in growing companies.  Read story

What's All This About "merchant Banking"?

Jul 1, 1984

In recent months, we have been hearing more and more about something called "merchant banking" -- a new kind of financial specialty imported from England,...  Read story

On-Line Debt

By Leslie Brokaw |  Aug 1, 1989

New company plans to link institutional investors direct to bond auctions via computer modem.  Read story

Will The Son Also Rise?

By Joshua Hyatt |  Apr 1, 1985

It was a great romance, while it lasted: Wall Street and the leveraged buyout. Now the two are giving birth to their own mini-phenomenon. According to in...  Read story

Buyers Beware

By George Gendron |  Oct 1, 1991

An introduction to 'The Insiders Guide' (p.26), an article about buying a business.  Read story

Private Placements: Finding the Best Advisers

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1994

The editor of a weekly newletter offers advice to those interested in a private-placement offering.  Read story

The Equity Of Equity

By Neil A. Wassner |  Jul 1, 1985

In your recent discussion of ESOPs you quoted a consultant as saying "ESOPs . . . are where the future is coming from." As an investment banker specializi...  Read story

Buying/Selling: Deal-Delaying Traps to Avoid

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1996

"The biggest thing a seller can do to make certain that a transaction proceeds smoothly is to adequately prepare the company's financial statements," emph...  Read story

Why Banks Treat Small Business That Way

By Jack R. Brewer |  Aug 1, 1981

Having been a bank officer, I can confirm Ronald B. Cohen's remarks in June's Speaking Out. Only the most senior bank officials are given the kind of lati...  Read story

The Inc. 100 Portfolio;

May 1, 1986

How many women sit on this fifteenth-century board of directors? None. How many sit on the boards of the INC. 100?Only 11. And 5 of those are related to...  Read story

Book Of The Month

Oct 1, 1987

Just when you thought you never wanted to read another word about tender offers, green-mail, poison pills, or Ivan Boesky, here comes John Brooks's The Ta...  Read story

The Real Legacy of Spring Street Brewing

By Susan Greco |  Sep 1, 1999

Thinking about doing your own public offering on the Net? Not so fast. Read the story behind Spring Street Brewing Co., the most celebrated direct public off...  Read story

All The Right Connections

By Elizabeth Conlin |  Sep 1, 1990

CEO creates a salesforce of retired executives who listen for hot prospects at the country club.  Read story

How Do Money Finders Charge?

By Bruce G. Posner |  Aug 1, 1991

Usual compensation paid to money finders.  Read story

Buying/Selling: Deal-Delaying Traps to Avoid

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1996

An investment banker warns sellers how to avoid potential problems and a "how to" book is reviewed.  Read story

Under Siege

By Edward O. Welles |  Jul 1, 1989

One CEO's battle to save his small public company from a hostile takeover.  Read story

The Deal

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1996

A story that follows one small business's attempt at securing capital from the private-placement investors.  Read story

Insurance: A Low-Cost Solution

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jan 1, 1996

An overview of a group that offers self-employed people access to various insurances at low, group rates.  Read story

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