Melanie' Post


Leveraging Your MBA

June 1st, 2011
Entrepreneurial Info

 

Leveraging Your MBA

By Jim Montembeau, MBA, Managing Partner of AES

 

You have spent the past two years trudging through business case after business case, creating pro formas, and working through discounted cash flows to evaluate an organization for a pending acquisition. You’ve read enough business books to forget what it was like to read for pleasure.  Welcome to post-MBA life. Is it what you thought it would be?

 

For those of us who are now burdened by massive student loans and who sacrificed and put in countless hours that

Read More


CEO Leadership Lessons – Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs

May 31st, 2011
MMM Tech Perspectives

CEO Leadership Lessons – Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs

 

I recently moderated a panel discussion among four of the leading CEOs from Atlanta’s technology community at a meeting of the Technology Roundtable Executives, an Atlanta-based group of tech CEOs and CFOs.  TER meets monthly and features panel and roundtable discussions on topics of interest to tech leaders in the Southeast.  The insights provided for CEOs and CFOs at our May meeting were exceptional – – I’ve highlighted them below.

 

1. Set Strong, Measureable Goals – The CEO needs to determine the goals to be achieved by the company and articulate

Read More







Crowd Funding Sites: The Next Boom?

May 19th, 2011
Entrepreneurial Info

Highlights: Crowd Funds, a type of social networking site designed to link entrepreneurs to large groups of donors, may be on the verge of a boom as the Securities and Exchange Commission considers removing current regulations that prevent these sites from facilitating the purchases of equity stakes. Read article.

Read More