This week we chat with Brett Hickey, chief executive officer, Star Mountain Capital. Based in New York with regional offices and a network covering over 25 U.S. cities, Star Mountain provides strategic partner capital for private equity, mezzanine and other private capital funds as well as growth debt and equity financing for small and medium-sized…
This week we continue our conversation with Cheryl Carner, managing director of Crystal Financial LLC. Based in Boston with offices in Atlanta and LA, Crystal Financial is a commercial finance company that originates, underwrites and manages secured debt. Their clients are middle market corporations that operate in a diverse set of industries. Second of two parts…
This week we chat with Cheryl Carner, managing director of Crystal Financial LLC. Based in Boston with offices in Atlanta and LA, Crystal Financial is a commercial finance company that originates, underwrites and manages secured debt. Their clients are middle market corporations that operate in a diverse set of industries. The Lead Left: Cheryl, it’s…
This week we continue our conversation with John Katzman, founder and CEO of Noodle. Noodle is a NYC-based company providing on-line tools to help students find resources to find the right schools, services, and learning materials. Second of two parts – View part one The Lead Left: But can you really scale individualism? John Katzman: We do it…
This week we chat with John Katzman, founder and CEO of Noodle. Noodle is a NYC-based company providing on-line tools to help students find resources to find the right schools, services, and learning materials. The Lead Left: John, back in 1981, you founded The Princeton Review as an SAT test prep class for New York…
This week we continue our conversation with Doug Cruikshank, Managing Partner and Rafael Castro, Director, Enhanced Capital. Enhanced Capital is a small business investment firm focused on established lower middle market companies often overlooked by traditional sources of capital due to location or size. Second of two parts – View part one The Lead Left: What are…
This week we continue our conversation with the Hon. David M. Walker, Senior Strategic Advisor, PwC, Founder, Comeback America Initiative, and former Comptroller General of the United States. Dave Walker is the author of Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility (2010), and will be a keynote speaker at the 22nd annual Atlantic…
This week we speak with the Hon. David M. Walker, Senior Strategic Advisor, PwC, Founder, Comeback America Initiative, and former Comptroller General of the United States. Dave Walker is the author of Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility (2010), and will be a keynote speaker at the 22nd annual Atlantic Conferences…
This week we speak with Doug Cruikshank, Managing Partner and Rafael Castro, Director, Enhanced Capital. Enhanced Capital is a small business investment firm focused on established lower middle market companies often overlooked by traditional sources of capital due to location or size. The Lead Left: Gents, not many people may have heard of Enhanced Capital,…
This week we continue our conversation with Patrick Dalton, CEO, Gordon Brothers Finance Company (GBFC). GBCF is a commercial finance company focused on middle market lending. They originate and underwrite secured loans for both asset-rich and cash flow generating businesses across a wide spectrum of industries. Second of two parts – View part one The Lead Left:…