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Books: Reviews and Excerpts

 

Midas Managers™: Review

Rob Slee discusses his book Midas Managers™ with the Charlotte Business Journal, March 30, 2007.

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Midas Marketing™: Chapter 6 - Giving the Shirt Off Our Backs, Rob Slee

Rethink your relationship with customers while exploring two marketing approaches: one relying on a traditional model of owning everything and the other on leveraging the community, in this chapter from Midas Marketing™.

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Private Capital Markets™

Learn about the book Private Capital Markets™, its audience and its author, Rob Slee.

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Private Capital Markets™: Course References

See who has taught Private Capital Markets™ courses.

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Presentations by Rob Slee

 

The Private Cost of Capital

Discover the principles behind the private cost of capital. What is cost of capital? What does finance currently teach? How do public and private markets differ? How are capital markets segmented? What is the private cost of capital model?

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Articles and White Papers by Rob Slee

 

Private Cost of Capital Model by Rob Slee and John K. Paglia

Examine the structure of private capital markets, two recent private capital markets surveys, a new discount rate model and the impact of a private discount rate model on business appraisal in The Value Examiner, March/April 2010.

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A Primer on Lending's New Age

Explore the question "How is the economic downturn affecting the behavior of private capital providers?" in the Charlotte Business Journal, July 10, 2009.

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The New Math of Middle-Market M&A

Explore the issues surrounding the fall of acquisition multiples and the number of completed deals in the lower middle market in The Value Examiner, July/August 2009.

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How to Survive an Economic Apocalypse

Discover eight tips to reinvent your business and survive an economic apocalypse in MoldMaking Technology, April 2009.

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In Search of the Midas Touch: Get Strategic or Get Out!

Learn about our entry into the Conceptual Age, what it means for business owners and the options available to these owners.

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What You Need to Know about Finance: Keys to Understanding Private Capital Markets™

Explore finance principles for private-company managers in The Value Examiner, September/October 2006.

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Public and Private Capital Markets Are Not Substitutes

Explore the factors differentiating the public and private markets and an examination of these factors at numerous levels including behavioral analysis, market structures and investor return expectations in BAP, Spring 2005.

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Old Philosophers Offer New Insights on Explaining Modern Capital Markets

Slee looks to the education classics as he establishes his triadic logic for Private Capital Markets in The Key Reporter, Fall 2004.

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Business Owners Choose a Transfer Value

Learn how business owners' transfer motives choose a range of values for the business in the Journal of Financial Planning, June 2004.

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Start with Education to Tackle the Job Drain

Explore education reform as a way to win the economic war in America in the Charlotte Business Journal, March 26, 2004.

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It's the Globalization, Stupid: The Cold Truth about Layoffs

Read about unemployment and the underlying economic situation in the United States. Slee also presents his premise on those who will keep their jobs in Creative Loafing, July 16, 2003.

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Beware of the Fifty Percent Partner!

Examine the need for an ownership agreement between owners at the time of a merger in M&A Insider, Winter 2001.

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Different Buyers Pay Different Multiples

Examine value ranges for mid-sized companies in Data Link, May 1997.

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The Sound that Separates

Slee defines social contract and describes its contribution to America's problems.

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Capital Market Segmentation Matters, Rob Slee and Richard M. Trottier

Explore the use of common financial models and valuation methods and how they are misused in the valuation of private companies. Also, understand the importance of capital market segmentation in determining a company's value.

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Strategic Benchmarking for Value (SBV) Presented by Tim Rhine

 

The Return on Equity Planner

Learn about an SBV financial analysis tool for business owners and managers that determines the financial drivers of their businesses. Also, explore what-if scenarios for improving financial positions. January 30, 2006.

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The Seven Most Important Steps to Improve Value

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SBV Financial Scorecard

Learn the formula for Financial Performance Strategies from Managing by the Numbers.

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Driving Your Company's Value, Assisting Business Owners in Creating Wealth: Volume 6, Issue 3

Discover the SBV model and its Process Entry Points, which include ROSE analysis, Mobley Matrix, DuPont formula and Management Education in Tim Rhine's newsletter Driving Your Company's Value, Winter 2007.

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Driving Your Company's Value, Assisting Business Owners in Creating Wealth: Volume 6, Issue 2

Read about achieving value goals in a business transfer, SBV as a structured process for creating, increasing and realizing value, and seven steps to increase the value of your company in Tim Rhine's newsletter Driving Your Company's Value, June 2006.

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MidasNotes

 

September 6, 2010:  A Word on Acquisition Multiples

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August 30, 2010:  All That Glitters is Not Gold

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August 23, 2010:  Two of My Favorite Myths

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August 16, 2010:  Our Have and Have-Not Society

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August 9, 2010:  How MidasNation Works

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August 2, 2010:  More Things I Think I Think

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July 26 2010:  Generational Cycles

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July 19, 2010:  Grampa Slee Says

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July 12, 2010:  My Favorite Word in the English Language

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July 5, 2010:  Where to Invest Your Money?

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June 28, 2010:  Is It Finally Time to Listen to Midas Managers?

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June 21, 2010:  The Future of Jobs

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June 14, 2010:  Some Extremely Helpful Things to Know

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June 7, 2010:  The U.S.S. Titanic

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May 31, 2010:  The War We Must Win

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May 24, 2010:  PIIGS R U.S.

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May 17, 2010:  Get the %$#& Off the Roof!

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May 10, 2010:  The Private Recession

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May 3, 2010:  My Favorite Disconnects

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April 26, 2010:  Ode to the History Major

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April 19, 2010:  How Will You Get Out of Your Hole?

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April 12, 2010:  Sarah and Me

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April 5, 2010:  Positive Deviance for All

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March 29, 2010:  Things I Think I Think

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March 22, 2010:  My Ukrainian Adventure

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March 15, 2010:  My Russian Odyssey

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March 8, 2010:  Stocks Will Fall and Why

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March 1, 2010:  Talent is Soooo Overrated

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February 22, 2010:  Risky Business

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February 15, 2010:  Tick...Tick...Tick

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February 8, 2010:  Timing the Transfer Market

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February 1, 2010:  Play the Transfer Timing Slots Game

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January 25, 2010:  The Great American Reset

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January 18, 2010:  The Sound That Separates

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January 11, 2010:  What's Really Happening in the Private Capital Markets?

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January 4, 2010:  2K10: The Year of Value Creation?

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December 28, 2009:  Why Old White Men are Killing America-Part II

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December 21, 2009:  Why 60-Year Old White Men are Killing America

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December 14, 2009:  Aggregate Your Way to Business Success

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December 7, 2009:  Get Out of Your Silo

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November 30, 2009:  Are You Mixed-Up About Mashups?

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November 23, 2009:  It's the Globalization, Stupid

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November 16, 2009:  Our Corridors of Innovation

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November 9, 2009:  The Case of the Missing Business Plan

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November 2, 2009:  Deja Vu All Over Again

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October 26, 2009:  Our Zombie Banks

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October 19, 2009:  As The World Turns-Exponentially

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October 12, 2009:  The Melting Jobs Market

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October 5, 2009:  First Note

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MentorNotes

 

July 29, 2010: Debasing the Meaning of Value Demeans the Common Good by Lou De Rose, CMC

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January 22, 2010: Value and Cost in Medical Care by Lou De Rose, CMC

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November 23, 2009: Strategy, Tactics, and Small Business by Lou De Rose, CMC

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