Private Equity Value Creation and Business Success

Private Equity Value Creation and Business Success

Private Equity Is More Than an Ownership Model Private equity has become one of the most influential business models of the past half-century, yet many people still misunderstand what actually makes it successful. Most conversations focus on acquisitions, leverage,...
Private Equity Thinking Without Private Equity Ownership

Private Equity Thinking Without Private Equity Ownership

Private equity has earned a reputation for creating enterprise value through disciplined execution. Successful firms do far more than provide capital. They diagnose businesses, benchmark performance, conduct rigorous due diligence, identify operational opportunities,...
Private Equity for Founder-Owned Businesses Explained

Private Equity for Founder-Owned Businesses Explained

Private equity firms are disciplined in the way they evaluate businesses. Before capital is deployed, firms develop an investment thesis that explains why a company represents an attractive opportunity and how value will be created over time. That discipline has...
Why Job Creation Requires a Better Investment Portfolio

Why Job Creation Requires a Better Investment Portfolio

For decades, entrepreneurship policy has rightly emphasized business creation. Incubators, accelerators, startup capital, and technical assistance have helped millions of founders transform ideas into companies. Those investments remain essential and should continue....
Why Enterprise Value Begins with Diagnosis

Why Enterprise Value Begins with Diagnosis

The entrepreneurship ecosystem has invested enormous resources in helping founders launch businesses. Accelerators, mentorship programs, incubators, and educational initiatives have expanded access to entrepreneurship and helped countless entrepreneurs move from idea...
Growth-Stage Businesses Need Diagnostics Before Capital

Growth-Stage Businesses Need Diagnostics Before Capital

For decades, the conversation around entrepreneurship has centered on one assumption: businesses grow when they gain access to capital. That assumption makes sense. Capital allows companies to hire talent, expand operations, develop products, and enter new markets....
Why Growth-Stage Businesses Need Business Diagnostics

Why Growth-Stage Businesses Need Business Diagnostics

The entrepreneurship ecosystem has done an exceptional job helping founders launch businesses. Incubators, accelerators, mentorship programs, and workshops all play an important role during the startup phase. However, growth-stage businesses face a fundamentally...
Growth-Stage Business Diagnostics for The Missing Middle

Growth-Stage Business Diagnostics for The Missing Middle

The entrepreneurship ecosystem has done an incredible job supporting startups. Incubators, accelerators, pitch competitions, and mentorship programs have helped countless founders launch and validate new businesses. However, success creates a new challenge. What...
Growth-Stage Businesses Need Constraint Removal to Scale

Growth-Stage Businesses Need Constraint Removal to Scale

The entrepreneurship ecosystem has invested heavily in supporting startups. Incubators, accelerators, pitch competitions, and mentorship programs all play an important role in helping founders launch and validate new ventures. However, what happens after the startup...
Building a Diaspora-Wide Wealth Ecosystem

Building a Diaspora-Wide Wealth Ecosystem

By Harry Hollines Our roots have never been confined to one country. They stretch across Latin America, Africa, the Caribbean, and throughout the global diaspora. Our histories are interconnected through migration, trade, culture, resilience, and entrepreneurship. The...
The Market Has This Backwards

The Market Has This Backwards

By Harry Hollines There is a major inefficiency in how capital is allocated across the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Some of the highest-performing founders in the market — particularly Latino, Black, and women founders — often receive the least access to growth capital...