INSIGHTS

Investors’ Favorite Small-Cap Boardroom Hire

Investors’ Favorite Small-Cap Boardroom Hire

Unlike in most mid- and large-cap companies, it’s common for small-cap companies to be operated and governed by those who are either new to public company roles, or by those who lack significant experience operating and governing public companies.

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SCI Insights: Candid, Off the Record Q&A with an Institutional Investor & Board Member

SCI Insights: Candid, Off the Record Q&A with an Institutional Investor & Board Member

Public company boards, whether they are listed or not, are supposed to be selected predominantly by independent board members that make up the nominating/governance committee of a board. Sadly, in most small-cap companies, it’s the CEO who personally selects board members. Since board members are supposed to oversee the manner in which the CEO and others operate the company, it’s a glaring problem, as friends don’t typically do a great job objectively overseeing their friends.

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An M&A Process That Creates Value: What Every CEO Should Know (Part 1 of 3 – Planning and Strategy)

An M&A Process That Creates Value: What Every CEO Should Know (Part 1 of 3 – Planning and Strategy)

Organic growth can be slow and hard to come by. In sectors that are periodically most affected by political uncertainty, trade disputes, and other geopolitical changes, customers can end up deferring their buying decisions, which makes new revenue elusive. In other instances, revenue expansion requires substantial investment in R&D that may not pay off for years. Sometimes, growth is constrained by the inability to attract needed talent or the absence of important intellectual property. With growth an imperative, some small-cap CEOs turn to mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as a solution.

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SUBSCRIBER CONTENT

Non-Deal Roadshows: A Primer

by James CarbonaraWhat is an NDR (non-deal roadshow)A non-deal roadshow, or NDR, is a series of investor meetings not associated with an active deal or active financings. That said, if you raise money in the future, investors you meet with on an NDR are potentially...

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Selecting ATM Bankers

At-the-market offerings (ATMs) are unique financing mechanisms, because stock is sold intraday – without a fixed price – into the natural flow of trading.  Unlike other financing mechanisms, ATMs provide issuers with a high degree of control over the timing, size, and...

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