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Eliot Kerlin, founder of Broadwing Capital, discussed the evolving lower‑middle‑market private‑equity landscape, highlighting larger fund sizes, higher purchase multiples, and greater equity contributions. He noted the rise of operational private equity, independent sponsors and family‑office capital, and the need for early operational alignment. Broadwing’s strategy targets skilled‑trade, manufacturing and service businesses, balancing organic growth with acquisitions. The firm’s recent purchase of CloudScale 365 exemplifies its focus on AI‑enabled operational tools and founder alignment.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is on track to reduce its workforce by more than one‑fifth by the end of the 2028‑29 fiscal year, cutting roughly 1,500 jobs from its current 5,800 staff. The cuts follow...
Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd announced a planned leadership transition, naming Rahul Kirloskar as Chairperson of the Board effective April 1, 2026. Managing Director Gauri Kirloskar will also take on the Vice‑Chairperson role. The change follows the retirement of Atul Kirloskar, who steps down after more...
Export‑focused CFOs are defending margins against 2025 tariffs, but many overlook a cash‑flow lever: the Interest‑Charge Domestic International Sales Corporation (IC‑DISC). IC‑DISC can transform ordinary‑rate export income into qualified dividends, delivering permanent federal tax savings of roughly 5.8% to 13.2%....
BioNTech co‑founders Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci will leave the company by year‑end to launch an unnamed mRNA‑focused venture, with BioNTech retaining a minority stake and licensing key technology. The split allows BioNTech to concentrate on its late‑stage cancer pipeline...
Theanna founder just posted her investor went from $100k to $1M investment and I am actually crying I’m so happy for her. WOMEN BUILDING TECH AND FUCKING DEFYING THE ODDS
BNP Paribas Asset Management’s alternatives arm closed its inaugural GP‑stakes vehicle at €540 million, surpassing early fundraising targets. The fund will acquire minority interests in European private‑equity general partners, giving investors exposure to fee‑related earnings without direct deal‑by‑deal risk. Backed by...
West Anderson Partners has completed the acquisition of the Graduate by Hilton Storrs, a 100‑room lifestyle hotel situated on the University of Connecticut campus. The property serves university visitors, alumni, athletic teams, and hosts campus events, positioning it as a...
Hero MotoCorp will invest an additional ₹275 crore in Euler Motors, raising its stake from 34.1% to roughly 36% on a fully diluted basis. Euler has unveiled a ₹300‑400 crore capital‑expenditure plan for the next 18‑24 months to add new production lines,...
May Habib founded Writer in early 2020 to deliver enterprise‑grade AI agents, not consumer chatbots. While the pandemic froze budgets, she doubled down, betting that large firms would adopt AI through governance, security, and integration. Writer built proprietary language models...
I recently asked several executives three questions about their journey to building visibility online. One thing became clear. Value, for them, came from connecting their activity back to business impact - not from impressions or post counts. I'm starting to...
Kalshi co‑founder Luana Lopes Lara has taken the fight to legalize U.S. election prediction markets to court, suing federal regulators after three years of lobbying. The Chicago‑based startup runs a federally regulated platform where users trade contracts on real‑world events,...
Polen Capital’s Q4 2025 letter highlighted Spotify (SPOT) as a key holding, noting its 600 million active users and 250 million paid subscribers. The stock closed at $544.88, up 7.17% year‑to‑date, while the fund initiated a new position expecting strong performance. Polen projects...
In 2025 the United States saw a record 124 new unicorns, yet only 20 of them—just 16 percent—had at least one female founder and none were created by an all‑female team. While venture capital to female‑led companies has risen overall, all‑female...
RegTech vendors are merging their offerings into larger, unified platforms that cover surveillance, reporting, identity and risk functions. Proponents argue that consolidation reduces operational fragmentation, delivers economies of scale, and strengthens security through enterprise‑grade infrastructure. Critics counter that platform concentration...
Christian (Chris) Bach (co-founder of Netlify , $2B+ valuation) joined me on the podcast and broke down something I wish more founders did early: To become the obvious choice in your space, stop obsessing over your solution. Instead, start obsessing...
President Donald Trump’s recent comments on the Middle‑East conflict acted as a catalyst for a broad market rally, lifting equities across the Pacific Rim, Europe and parts of Asia while U.S. futures slipped. His optimism drove oil prices down 24%...
Cisco has embedded Splunk IT Service Intelligence directly into its Nexus Dashboard, the core management platform for Nexus 9000 and 8000 series data‑center switches. The native integration streams high‑fidelity telemetry, enabling faster fault detection, automated root‑cause analysis and remediation without...
Fazit, a West Palm Beach beauty startup founded in 2022, turned a dermal‑patch technology into viral glitter freckles. After a Coachella Instagram surge, Taylor Swift’s appearance at a Chiefs game sparked a 3,500 percent sales jump, lifting 2024 revenue to $10 million. The...
EU regulators have opened a public consultation on the European Union’s green taxonomy reporting rules, seeking comments on proposed amendments to key performance indicators. The review focuses on reporting obligations for banks, insurers and large corporations, aiming to tighten alignment...
The EU‑India Free Trade Agreement, covering €136 billion in trade and promising €4 billion in annual tariff savings, pivots from volume‑driven commerce to a circular framework. It grants India preferential access for textiles, footwear and other labour‑intensive goods while opening EU markets...
Sticking with the science. I find that really impressive. BioNTech founders Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci are leaving the biotech they founded to start a new one. Maybe by the time they have something for the clinic, the FDA will...
Britain announced it is collaborating with Italy and Germany to develop options that safeguard commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating Iranian threats. The three leaders reaffirmed the vital importance of freedom of navigation and pledged close cooperation...
Imre announced Fred Hickman III as executive vice president and group account lead, heading its Account Services division. Hickman arrives with 19 years of pharmaceutical marketing experience across rare disease, pediatrics, dermatology, ophthalmology, autoimmune, neurology and medical devices, most recently...
Service desks are shifting from ticket‑centric operations to product‑team models that prioritize business outcomes over volume metrics. Traditional KPIs like ticket count and handling time are being replaced by measures of employee productivity, user sentiment, and time‑to‑value. By adopting product‑owner...
ColorTokens introduced Xshield AI Agent, an AI‑driven engine that automates microsegmentation policy design and enforcement. The solution claims to shrink policy rollout from days to minutes, enabling rapid isolation of critical assets during breaches. In pre‑release tests, customers reported up...
Virtana unveiled an Application Observability platform that extends its existing suite to cover the full stack, including AI workloads, infrastructure, and networking. The solution creates a system‑level dependency graph that automatically correlates logs, traces, and metrics to pinpoint root causes...
The Iran‑Israel war has triggered Tehran to ban all goods and agricultural exports, instantly inflating prices in neighboring Turkmenistan. Mandarins, apples and cigarettes have roughly doubled, squeezing pensioners and low‑income consumers. Central Asian economies, which depend on Iranian transit corridors...
One of my students made $74K last year and burned out. This year, he’ll clear that by the end of Q1. How? He‘s not working harder. He’s directing three projects right now where he’s not doing the work. He came to me a...
Search has changed – and so has the way advisory firms can earn visibility online. This episode explores how early investments in SEO can compound over time: https://t.co/n6RD6lcWQF Helen Stephens, founder of Aspen Wealth Management, shares how her SEO strategy evolved alongside...
Alan Jones has joined Mascotte.AI as Strategic Executive Partner, aligning his entrepreneurial expertise with the firm’s mission to reshape human‑AI interaction. Mascotte.AI builds photorealistic digital humans—originally created for brands like LVMH and Adidas—to serve as AI companions for business training,...
#AI sprawl is a #talent problem: Ownership must belong to HR leaders says EY @UNLEASHgroup https://t.co/vYutnlxyhM #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #FutureofHR
It is hard not to see K-Shaped consequences to the events in Iran, as those at the bottom around the global disproportionately experience the real time impacts of food and energy inflation.
President Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S.–Israel‑Iran war will end soon helped reverse a sharp oil rally, pulling Brent crude down more than 7% to around $92 a barrel. Iran vowed to halt all Gulf oil exports, while attacks on...
RT Driving transformation requires more than technology - it demands engaged employees who understand the vision and their role in achieving it. Hear strategies from digital leaders. #EmployeeEngagement #Leadership #Transformation @Star_CIO https://t.co/7PLi7KH9Ub
AI tools don’t create leverage. Workflows do. Generation → Coordination → Automation → Output Pick the workflow first. The tools reveal themselves. https://t.co/NBjfpEQDKg
Morningstar DBRS has issued its final Global Methodology for Rating Public‑Private Partnerships, effective March 10 2026, replacing the August 2025 version. The new framework introduces a six‑factor design and construction risk analysis and a Comprehensive Contractor Risk Assessment, both equally weighted. It also...
You might be surprised how many companies lie about ARR (or stretch the truth). But also how many CFOs and CEOs can’t explain how their ARR number turns into cash. It’s often a very leaky bucket. https://t.co/lV11H5wOXj
"In the Pew Research Center’s latest survey, just 28 percent of U.S. adults rate economic conditions as excellent or good, while 72 percent say they are only fair or poor."
Lux Aeterna, a Denver startup founded by former SpaceX engineer Brian Taylor, announced a $10 million seed round led by Konvoy, bringing its total capital to $14 million. The funding will support development of Delphi‑1, a 200 kg reusable satellite with a 30 kg...
In this episode, Jordan breaks down Anthropic’s new AI labor report, which shows that while AI hasn’t yet caused mass unemployment, a hidden threat looms for white‑collar workers. The study reveals a large “capability gap” – AI could theoretically automate...
Colorado startup Lux Aeterna announced a $10 million seed round to accelerate its fully reusable satellite program. The funding, led by Konvoy, brings total capital to $14 million and will support the 2027 test flight of its Delphi prototype on a SpaceX...
Lux Aeterna, a Colorado‑based startup founded by former Starlink engineer Brian Taylor, closed a $10 million seed round led by Konvoy Ventures to develop its reusable satellite platform Delphi. The 200‑kg demo satellite, built with COTS parts and a NASA‑partnered heat...
In this episode of The Signal, Jess Kirkpatrick, Vice President of Risk and Fraud at Worldpay (now part of Global Payments), explains why fraud prevention can’t be a set‑and‑forget function for platforms. She highlights common misconceptions—such as relying solely on...
Secret Burger Kitchen (SBK) has enlisted three restaurant veterans—Capriotti’s COO David Bloom, former Dave’s Hot Chicken CMO Brad Haley, and ex‑Subway North America president Douglas Fry—to engineer an "institutional‑grade" rollout. Each advisor will own a strategic pillar: Bloom on development discipline,...
NASA classified Boeing's 2024 Starliner crewed test flight as a Type A mishap, pinpointing decision‑making and leadership failures rather than hardware flaws. The investigation revealed a pattern of closing anomalies without full root‑cause analysis, exposing a gap between the program’s commercial...
Maria Cardow, CIO of LevelBlue, argues that cybersecurity failures stem primarily from human behavior rather than technology. She highlights insider risks, shadow AI usage, and siloed teams as hidden vulnerabilities that tools alone cannot fix. Cardow urges leaders to embed...
Buying a business is easier when you’re not doing it alone. Learn more: https://t.co/0Zb2oIUKUO #SmallBusiness & Deal Making #SMB https://t.co/xNUHGplSQC
We're in a goldilocks environment for EM commodity exporters like Brazil and South Africa. Brent has fallen significantly, which is good for risk appetite. But it's still 20% above where it was before hostilities. That's good for EM commodity exporters......
This is one of the many consequences of boomers pulling up the ladder on the American dream. The drop in labor's share of GDP over the years says it all. https://t.co/yx32ZJh5Ux
