By: Duane Donner Founders recently hosted their North Texas Private Company CEO Forum at the Petroleum Club in Dallas, Texas. The Founders Forum was attended by 17 executives representing 16 Texas and Louisiana companies. Robert Dye, Chief Economist from Comerica provided a macroeconomic update, Brian Hegi, Managing Director at Prophet Equity, delivered a buyer’s perspective…
By: Zane Tarence In the 2Q Edition of the SaaS Market Newsletter, our Quarterly Tip examines the “new” SaaS income statement. Many companies are moving away from the traditional product based business model of focusing on impressive sounding product features, and shifting to putting their customers’ needs at the center of their product development. Focusing…
By: Wesley Legg Private equity funds have raised over $760B since 2012 and have $500B in dry powder for private company buyouts. Because of the proliferation of private equity funds loaded with cash and all competing with one another to put money to work in private companies, middle-market business owners are getting more and more…
By: Duane Donner In this August edition of the Oilfield Services Newsletter, we share commentary on the improving M&A sentiment in the oil and gas market as well as the recent projections that Founders and Spears & Associates produced on a recent project. This project involved a detailed projection of new wells by region and…
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham recently held their 5th Annual A Night of Big Stars, an event that showcases talented “Littles” that Big Brothers Big Sisters serves. This event alone raised over $220,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters. At the recent 5th Annual A Night of Big Stars, Big Brothers Big Sisters presented…
The Annual Founders Family Picnic was held last Saturday at our managing partner Duane Donner’s lake house on beautiful Lake Martin. The team, along with their families, enjoyed a day of fun, fellowship, food. Though it was HOT summer day, with humidity near 100%, the water was refreshing and everyone seemed to have a…