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case_study[0]='Commercial Banking
Issue: Create a commercial bank which values owners and operators of independent businesses, and old fashion service – practical business advice, savings and investment services, lending and financial services.
Solution: Assemble directors and investors, create the business plan, build financial models, and work with banking regulators.
Result: Joined company Board. Raised three rounds of capital, opened five offices, merged two additional banks, purchased a mortgage bank, listed the company with NASDAQ, grew to $420 million in assets.
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case_study[1]='Payroll
Issue: Growth stalled, bad systems conversion underway, lack of controls, no budget, no cash flow forecast, little liquidity for shareholders.
Solution: Reorganize the company; build a budget, cash flow forecast; replace management; correct conversion process and errors; create operating plan and processes, manage workflows; build sales.
Result: Joined company Board. Built a financial model, budget, and cash flow forecast; fixed the company; returned to growth and profitability, sold the company to a publicly traded competitor.
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case_study[2]='Information Systems
Issue: Fast growth, lots of merger activity, numerous financial and operating systems requiring consolidation, Y2K issues.
Solution: Create an information plan, build an internal task force, install project management and change management processes, define requirements, create RFP, manage the selection and implementation process.
Result: One system implemented throughout the company in five states, on time and on budget, the company was then taken public.
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case_study[3]='BioTech
Issue: Great science, no business background, need to change the company’s position in the market place, need seed capital.
Solution: Build a business plan, create a “road show”, define attributes of a good “partner”, meet with potential partners, build a strong scientific advisory board.
Result: Joined company Board. Company signed a research development agreement, successfully earned an NIH grant, signed a license agreement for diagnostic kits, and continued research on therapeutics.
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case_study[4]='Manufacturing
Issue: No succession plan, many family owners not familiar with the business, one next generation family member wished to join the company as an employee.
Solution: Set up a Family Business Council, set up rules for future family member’s qualifications to join the company as employee, manager, shareholder, board member.
Result: Family Business Council has been training the family members for over 4 years, rules for joining the company were set up and agreed to, younger family member successfully joined the company, and non-family management remained focused and involved.
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case_study[5]='Payroll
Issue: Operating platform quickly going out of date, losing customers and prospects, inexperienced staff, limited resources.
Solution: Review the business plan, define the target customer base, define system requirements, create RFP, manage the systems selection and conversion process, create a budget for the company, monitor results.
Result: Conversion completed in one year, company returned to being competitive.
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case_study[6]='Payroll
Issue: Owners determined that they wished to sell the company as soon as a reasonable valuation could be achieved.
Solution: Review current operations and financial performance, review past three years financial performance, determine company strengths and weaknesses, establish financial and revenue trend lines, find two buyers best suited to company.
Result: Reviewed the company operations and financial results, reviewed competitive position, determined that it would take one more year of positive trends to get a fair valuation of the company, designed corrective actions, built model to monitor activity, sought and found two buyers, monitored due diligence process, reviewed contracts, managed sale process, completed the sale of the company.
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case_study[7]='Payroll
Issue: Company had two partners, one partner wished to buy the other out, second partner not inclined to move on, relations between the two partners were strained.
Solution: Meet with both partners, determine the needs and objectives of each, mediate the conversations about the deal and between the two partners, present a solution where one partner is a buyer and the other a seller.
Result: Determined the needs of the potential seller, determined the capabilities of the company and the buyer to pay an acceptable price, mediated the general negotiations for the sale of the company, monitored due diligence, reviewed the sale documents. Sold the company and retained the former partner in a non-management outside sales role.
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case_study[8]='Information Systems
Issue: Growing commercial bank with a small staff needed to commit to a new platform.
Solution: Enhance staff capabilities, design the project, define systems RFP, help staff conduct study, provide senior management with selection and analysis of best result, and assist in all phases of system conversion.
Result: Completed selection of new system, guided conversion, trained staff, turned the new information systems over to internal staff after successful implementation.
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case_study[9]='BioTech
Issue: Bioinformation cutting edge technology, profitable but needed to grow to capitalize on their technology in a fast-moving market.
Solution: Review and sharpen business plan, build up professional team in preparation for private funding round, focus on the science, find partners who care about the science.
Result: Helped complete the business plan, company sold to a publicly traded firm who understood and cared about the science.
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