About
Eric StandleeEric Standlee, Principal and VP of Business Development and Bank Relationship Development with family owned Houston private funding firm American Prudential Capital, Inc., founded the on-line/off-line community InHouston which meets once a month every second Wednesday in Uptown Park. InHouston has grown from 6 people in February 2008 to 400+ at the meeting by June 2009. On-line the group on LinkedIn and their own social network InHouston.ning.com has grown to larger than 10,000 members and is part of the InCity Networks which is starting similar groups around the country. FundingAlternative forms of funding corporate growth exist. In these troubled times, we need to look beyond the same old funding methods and learn the hard lessons from the misuse of inappropriate funding. Firms can grow without limits, without giving up equity, without long-term debt. Social NetworkingThere is a right way and a wrong way to utilize social networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook to generate real revenue. Servant LeaderNetworking = hand out desperate salesie and pushy. Servant Leader Netweaving = give first, pay-it-forward, golden rule interactions where giving always ends up coming back around to the giver. Leveraged Buy OutsIn this depressed market, valuations are low and there is a lack of debt for buy outs. It is the perfect storm for some industries to see buyers buy up a whole sub-segment. |
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