Timing of Mergers and Acquisitions – Today’s Environment Excerpts from John Slater’s case study interview about the timing of mergers and acquisitions: “We’re right now in an environment where the amount of money available for the purchase of businesses is greater than it’s ever been, the recent estimate’s 1.2 trillion dollars. Money that’s available […]
Digital Transformation Excerpts from John’s interview about digital transformation. “Basically, I’ve always been a huge fan of technology. I read science fiction when I was a kid and have always been fascinated by computers and networks and the Internet. What I have come to notice is technology, up to very recently, was something that […]
Jim Cumbee and Tennessee Valley Group, Inc Jim: “Really good to be here, again, I’m a lawyer; I practiced law for a couple of years early in my career, didn’t really love the law, decided I want to pursuit business, so I went to Harvard Business School. I got an MBA and soon after Harvard, […]
Road Ammons and Butler Snow Advisory Services, LLC Road: “Okay, Norman, thanks for inviting. Thanks for allowing me to share some of my expertise in the area of management consultant in investment banking as my history, my background. Basically, I’m a managing director with Butler Snow Advisory Services. We are a wholly owned subsidiary of […]
John Slater and Focus Investment Banking LLC John: “I’m a native of Memphis and have practiced my professions since 1970. I started getting in the colleges then I went to law school. I got professional training in law at University of Virginia, economics degree at Princeton and for about nine years I practiced law here […]
Greyson E. Tuck and Gerrish McCreary Smith, Consultants and Attorneys Greyson Tuck: Sure, absolutely. My name is Greyson Tuck. I’m an attorney and consultant with Gerrish McCreary Smith in Memphis, Tennessee. And we are a consulting firm, a legal firm that works with community banks nationwide, worked clearly with the banks from Maine to Alaska. […]
J. Wesley Legg and Founders Investment Banking, LLC Wesley: “Sure. I started in the nontraditional path to where I am now. I was actually an attorney. Prosecutor for the navy, a jack. Your viewers may know the TV show, Jack. It’s nothing like the show, but from there I jumped into finance and started actually with […]
Goodloe White and Porter White & Company Sure, well I started at a firm New York investment bank, which is now called Credit Suisse and worked in their New York office for two years. They sent me overseas to Hong Kong and to London. Did a lot of different things and for a lot of different companies. I […]
Robert Hill and Waterview Advisors Robert: “I’m a Longhorn. I’ve been in Texas all my life, a multi-generation Texan, you can probably tell it from the way I speak. I started off in the banking business. Got to work with a lot of the energy companies in this part of the world. Then after a number […]
Joel Duran and Sunbelt Business Brokers of New Orleans Joel: “Well, I went to college like everyone else and when I was in college I was lucky that I joined a fraternity and a group of businessmen towards me really steered me into the right direction and the way that I ended up in business brokerage […]