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In eight years as a certified EOS Implementer, Mike Paton has conducted more than 1,000 full-day EOS sessions with leadership teams of more than 100 entrepreneurial companies. Now a best-selling author of Get A Grip: An Entrepreneurial Fable (with...

Rob Slee is the Founder of Midas Nation, a community dedicated to helping business owners dramatically increase the value of their firms. Rob is also the President of Robertson & Foley, one of the top private investment banking firms in the United States that provide sophisticated finance solutions to middle market companies located throughout the world. Rob has authored … Continue reading Rob Slee – Author of Time Really Is Money →

Noah Rosenfarb is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, and a Personal Financial Specialist. He is a Personal CFO and Holistic Wealth Coach at Freedom Business Advisors, which provides middle market business owners guidance on how to successfully transition out of the management and or ownership of their company. Mr. Rosenfarb is the author … Continue reading Noah Rosenfarb – Author – Exit: Healthy, Wealthy and Wise →

Dr. Basil Peters is an M&A advisor, exit coach and angel investor. Dr. Peters is the CEO of Strategic Exits Corp, a firm specializing in optimum exits for technology companies. Dr. Peters managed three top performing funds, a hedge fund, a venture capital fund and an angel fund. He has been a technology company CEO in Vancouver and Silicon Valley. Basil … Continue reading Basil Peters – Author of Early Exits →

John Bly is the Co-Managing Member of LBA Haynes Strand, PLLC, located in the Charlotte area. John’s entrepreneurial guidance as Co-Managing Member has propelled the firm to rapid growth. He utilizes M&A to drive development—in nine years LB&A has grown from $0 to more than $4 million, through a series of eight acquisitions and two … Continue reading John Bly – Cracking The Code: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Growing Your Business Through Mergers And Acquisitions For Pennies On The Dollar →

Bo Burlingham is an editor-at-large of Inc. magazine and the author of five books,the most recent being Finish Big: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top. A previous book, Small Giants: Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead of Big, was one of five finalists for the 2006 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of … Continue reading Bo Burlingham – Author of Finish Big: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top →

BizEquity is the first and leading cloud based online business valuation system and engine for small businesses and their advisors. There are 30 million Small Businesses in the United States alone and 75% of those don’t know what they are worth, and 50% are underinsured. Now for a fraction of the cost and time … Continue reading Michael Carter – CEO of BizEquity →

Christopher Mercer is the founder and chief executive officer of Mercer Capital. He has prepared, overseen, or contributed to more than a thousand valuations for purposes related to M&A, litigation, and tax, among others. Chris is also the author of his most recent book, Unlocking Private Company Wealth: Proven Strategies and Tools for Managing Wealth … Continue reading Chris Mercer, author of Unlocking Private Company Wealth →

Peter is CEO of Axial, responsible for driving the company’s vision to be the trusted platform where private companies connect with capital. Prior to Axial, Peter worked in private equity at SFW Capital Partners and was part of the founding team at Gerson Lehrman Group, where he helped build the company’s dominant global technology platform … Continue reading Peter Lehrman, CEO of Axial →

James Darnell, a partner at KLH Capital, is responsible for identifying, structuring and executing transactions; due diligence; financial analysis; and portfolio management. He is a member of the KLH Investment Committee and is responsible for all SBIC compliance. He serves on the board of directors for all KLH portfolio companies and is directly responsible for … Continue reading James Darnell, Partner at KLH Capital →