Selling Companies   |Raising Capital   |Acquisition Advisory | Industry Development Projects |Capital Road Maps |Deal Sponsorship Industry Development Projects Creation of Opportunities Given the extremely competitive transaction environment, traditional methods of finding quality investment opportunities now have a low likelihood of success. Successful private equity investors must now create their own opportunities. That is what Industry Development Projects (IDPs) are designed to do. First, when there are direct non-auction opportunities available in a particular industry, our method provides the highest probability of finding them. Such opportunities often exist when the owners of a company are considering a transaction but lack the sophistication, experience, contacts or desire to throw themselves into an auction situation. By meticulously combing through an industry and building relationships with executives and owners, we enhance the probability of creating 'first look' opportunities for our clients. Second, as a result of building rapport with the owners and managers of target companies, we are able to educate them about the value of certain transactions and to help demonstrate the benefits of working with our client. Furthermore, we are able to leverage our knowledge of the target industry to generate new ideas requiring capital, such as identifying expansion opportunities, business combinations or other ideas not previously being pursued. Accountability From personal experience, we know that when a corporation or a private equity investor undertakes a strategy of developing legitimate opportunities in a given industry, accountability often falls by the wayside. Internal resources assigned to such activities are often reassigned to other projects that arise in the normal press of business. Once that occurs, accountability is lost. Our clients are assured that they can hold us accountable because our IDP engagements are cancelable on thirty days notice. Consistency We believe that in order to achieve at least one closing in the targeted industry, there must be consistent contact and work done in that industry on a daily basis. Consistency of approach to a target industry is very often well intentioned. Like accountability, though, it gets lost in the day-to-day press of business and the resulting competition for time and resources. Our experience has taught us one clear lesson: without consistency, there is no point in undertaking a project of this nature. Time Compression Because of our experience as private equity investors, we clearly understand the importance of time in achieving a successful outcome. With that in mind, we have designed IDPs to compress time. Qualified opportunities will be identified as soon as practicable and sooner than any other method of opportunity development. As a result, where traditional methods typically yield, at best, a single opportunity, IDPs are designed to yield multiple 'first looks' at multiple qualified transactions.   More Details: - General Information - How Do They Work? - Timelines, Costs and Communications - Benefits