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Davis Vaitkunas is a Director at Bond Capital and has completed over 130 financial transactions with growth entrepreneurs in Western Canada and the Western USA. Each of these transactions has centered on banking, investment banking, mezzanine debt and private equity. Bond Capital provides direct investments ranging from $2 million to $20 million structured as debt … Continue reading Davis Vaitkunas – Mezzanine Finance Expert →

Patrick Ross is an Affiliate Partner with Lindsay Goldberg and former CEO of a number of private and publicly traded industrial service and manufacturing companies in North America. With an emphasis on operating excellence and value creation, Patrick is currently looking for opportunities to deploy Lindsay Goldberg’s value proposition in Canada and the western USA.

Michael is the founder of the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA), a Chicago based international professional trade association serving more than 800 independent investors, accountants, attorneys, and other highly qualified corporate advisory and transaction professionals in more than 22 nations.

Over the last decade, Ace Chapman has bought and sold 11 companies using funds raised from high net-worth individuals and institutions. Ace leverages his experience in private equity, capital raising, and entrepreneurship to help investors generate above-average returns through the acquisition and sale of small businesses.

After four startups as CEO and CFO, two turnarounds, and making the Inc 500, Chuck Richards formed CoreValue Software. Chuck has worked with owners of over 50 companies to build value and deliver their strategic objectives, and has helped hundreds of CEOs of private companies as an advisor. Over the past 30 years, Chuck has … Continue reading Chuck Richards – CEO at CoreValue Software →

Michael Platner serves as Chair of Lewis Brisbois’ Corporate Practice Group. Michael also has founded or been an early stage investor in several businesses, particularly in software, internet infrastructure and cloud computing. Empathizing with the role of the client, he believes that a transactional lawyer adds the most value by fully understanding the business strategy … Continue reading Michael Platner – M&A Lawyer →

John Warrillow is the founder of The Sellability Score. Throughout his career, John has started and exited four companies and is a sought-after speaker and angel investor. He also contributes regularly to Inc.com and The Globe and Mail. John is also the author of Built To Sell: Turn Your Business Into One You Can Sell.

Jay Turo has led Growthink’s emergence as one of the nation’s largest strategic advisory and investment banking firms focused on the entrepreneurial marketplace. In his 14 years at Growthink, Jay has advised dozens of emerging, middle market, and corporate clients regarding their growth and capital formation strategies. His corporate clients have included Deutsche Bank, McKesson, … Continue reading Jay Turo, Co-founder and CEO of Growthink →

Dan Abbate has started, bought, sold, and/or merged many businesses since the mid 90’s when he began his entrepreneurial career. Dan is currently the CEO of Robotaton which evaluates companies and/or departments of companies to see if they can improve the business through the implementation of new technology.

Cory Janssen, co-founded Investopedia.com in 1999 and helped to grow it into one of the web’s largest financial sites devoted to investor education. In April of 2007 the company was sold to Forbes Media. In 2011, Cory co-founded Janalta Interactive, an online publisher of educational websites in a number of industries. His current portfolio of … Continue reading Cory Janssen – Co-founder of Investopedia and Divestopedia →