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Asset Divestiture

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Extracting value from an unprofitable, dying business. The world is a four dimensional place (the best know three plus the element of time). What filled a strategic directive yesterday may be needlessly sucking up critical assets today. In the mid-1980’s Showtime Networks (SNI) setup a retail

Pivoting a Business

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In the late 1990s the traditional cable network model of aggregating content was under attack. Digital technologies had powered a rapid proliferation of additional channel. As the middleman in the 'uncut movies for TV' business Showtime Networks value was essentially based on scarcity; of content

US – Brazilian Enterprise

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Translated creative vision into a solid business model. A promising joint US-Brazilian enterprise's nascent concept needed a clear focus. The initial concept was to use the Internet to revolutionize the distribution of Afro Brazilian culture/music. The original vision was to build a professional

Capital Market Financing

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Securing sufficient funding from the right strategic investors. Action: Results: A $30 million (cash plus in-kind services) 3-way funding structure that positioned employer to capture a greater return-on-investment.

Marketing Package

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… we needed help that was both business and technically savvy, would hit the ground running, and provide a customized solution for our real-business need. For us, TMG was an obvious choice. We had past positive experiences with the founder, Don, and firsthand knowledge of the work he did while at

From the Crate: The Past is not Prologue

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I was cycling through iTunes U and ran across a Fuqua School of Business Distinguished Speakers video of Ron Nicol, Managing Director at BCG. Ron provided his insights on many current issues, but what really stood out was his prediction that what we currently consider emerging markets will birth the

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“At the end of the day, finance leaders have to be proper storytellers. You have to be constantly on top of your data and tell the story behind the numbers... The CFO has to be on top of information flow at all times.”

Gerardo Adame, VP Finance at XP Power, and Mark Partin, CFO of BlackLine

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