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Planning a successful MBO?

Strategy Driven

When a business is purchased by the management team within the company by borrowing funds, this is referred to as a Management-Buy-out (MBO). For management teams it can mean greater financial rewards and more influence in the decisions that the company makes. How do you plan a successful MBO? However, they are very different.

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Entrepreneurs Need a Better Way to Cash Out

Harvard Business Review

Big acquirers cash out founders, management teams get folded into big organizations, cashflows disappoint, and visions flounder. This can lead to bad outcomes for entrepreneurs who hope to create lasting value. Meanwhile, strategic acquisitions sometime work well, but often don’t.

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How Smart CEOs Use Social Tools to Their Advantage

Harvard Business Review

Tools like Oblong Industries’ Mezzanine can bring multiple streams of data onto HD displays where they can be easily organized, manipulated, and archived into files that can be accessed for later use. Leverage global networks: CEOs need to choose the most effective influence channels through which to create alignment.

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