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At 101 Business Insights you can leverage off our team of
professionals, to ensure you areadequately prepared, set the right
price, get the maximum exposure to pre-qualified potential buyers and
address all the transitional issues ahead of time.
CREATING NEW DEAL FLOW HAS BECOME THE TOUGHEST
CHALLENGE IN THE MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS AND CORPORATE FINANCE WORD. THERE IS LOTS
OF MONEY AND A LIMITED NUMBER OF QUALITY PROJECTS.
THIS AFFECTS, BANKERS, FINANCIERS AND DEALMAKERS.
PROBLEM SOLUTION
Whilst synergies tend to be well hidden and hard to discover, our
resident specialist is well versed in helping companies identify unique opportunities that bring strategic
benefits to managers and investors alike.
THE CORPORATE HIGHWAY IS LITTERED WITH THE BURNT-OUT SHELLS
OF THOUSANDS OF STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIPS THAT SIMPLY
FAILED.
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101 Business Insights supports the creation of Power Teams which
can be dynamically assembled to help identify specific challenges relating to
corporate strategy, cultural fit, potential for value creation
and many others to ensure success.
OVER ESTIMATION OF THE POTENTIAL
SYNERGIES ATTRIBUTED TO A MERGERS OR
ACQUISITIONS.
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YOUR RESIDENT SPECIALIST
Mark can be contacted by writing to [email protected] and welcomes advice, recommendations and especially questions.
You can also see his full profile or contact him athttp://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=24510346.
PRESIDENT, MERCANTILE MERGERS & ACQUISITIONUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO - ROTMAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT MBA, FINANCEHonors & Awards:Former Toronto Chapter President of the Association of Corporate Growth for five years. Mark has spoken at over 35 international conferences on mergers & acquisitions and corporate finance.
Mark is a graduate from the University of Toronto with an MBA degree in Finance. He is also the founder and President of Mercantile Mergers & Acquisitions Corporation. The company was incorporated in August 1987 and specialise in mid-market mergers & acquisitions with an exclusive focus on company divestitures and acquisitions. Mark has spoken at 41 national conferences on Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity in Canada and the United States and has published over 1,086 articles. As an intermediary, Mark has presided over hundreds of transactions spanning numerous industries and market sectors with transaction sizes ranging from as little as $1 million to in excess of $40 million.MARK BORKOWSKI
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STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE EQUITY MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
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MUST READS
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURESJAE K. SHIM
APPLIED MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONSROBERT F. BRUNER
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS BASICS: THE KEY STEPS OF ACQUISITIONS,DIVESTITURES, AND INVESTMENTSMICHAEL E. S. FRANKEL
VALUATION FOR MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONSBARBARA S. PETITT,KENNETH R. FERRIS
MUST READS
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS:PROCESS TOOLS TO SUPPORT M&A INTEGRATION AT EVERY LEVELTIMOTHY J. GALPIN, MARK HERNDON
MUST READS
KEY LINKS THAT WILL HELP YOU FIND THE BEST
RESOURCES
www.irwinlaw.com
business.financialpost.com/tag/mergers-and-
acquisitions
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyIyJY9is28
www.mergersandinquisitions.com/
www.workopolis.com/jobsearch/mergers-and-acquisitions-jobs
http://mercantilemergersacquisitions.com/
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