3 Ways Middle Market Construction Companies Can Improve Financial Performance
In the construction industry, the finance and accounting functions of middle market companies often operate in a way that results …
Middle Market Manufacturing: How to Create Impactful Change
Across the U.S. Midwest from the end of WWII to the 1980s, most towns and cities had multiple middle market …
6 Signs Your Portfolio Company Could Benefit from Leadership Assistance
In a perfect world, private equity investors are able to sit back after purchasing a promising portfolio company and wait …
5 Instances Where Creating a New Business Strategy is Worth the Investment
For some middle market business owners, the thought of creating a new business strategy makes them want to pull their …
7 lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic in the food manufacturing industry
In recent years, there has been a focus in the food industry on lean practices, eliminating operational waste and redundancies, …
7 signs profits are dipping because of poor supply chain management
When it comes to increasing profits, most middle market companies focus on sales. While certainly important, the fastest way to …
6 Steps to Professionalize Your Sales Organization
As a sales organization grows, there often comes a breaking point where individual team members can no longer move the …
7 Signs You Need to Conduct an Operations Analysis and Revisit Your Business Strategy
Every business experiences dips in profits and stalled growth throughout its lifecycle. Though nerve-racking, these natural ebbs and flows in …
Why Strategy is Essential to Privately-Held Company Success
In our work, we have met owners and management teams at hundreds of privately held middle market companies. Most all …
How family-owned, middle market businesses can prepare their business for sale
You may think that running your business and preparing it for sale require different skill sets, and for some companies …
