Monthly Archives: September 2014

Ziad K Abdelnour’s Book:”An unjust piece of legislation…”

Ziad K Abdelnour serves on the board of TMax Capital, an investment management and specialty finance group that focuses on commodities secularization, proprietary structured products based on debt and assets, private equity placements, asset management, and other financial ventures that create synergistic value for its partners and portfolio companies

 

He is also member of the advisory board of DPG Investments, a recognized premier multistrategy global merchant banking, alternative investment, management, and advisory firm; and FlatWorld Capital, a global private equity investment firm led by a team of dynamic investment professionals and entrepreneurs with over seven decades of experience in finding and structuring innovative and creative solutions to the challenges of global private equity investing.

 

Ziad K Abdelnour is a regular panelist and speaker on private equity and venture capital topics at industry conferences nationwide.

 

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Why is every private equity fund we meet trying to take advantage of us?

Our view in this regard is very simple:

 

As venture capital and private equity continue to make news headlines, entrepreneurs may find it challenging to distinguish fact from fiction.

 

1. Do investors win at the expense of entrepreneurs?
2. Are investors out to wrest control from management?
3. Is an investor’s sole focus on the final liquidity event?

 

Without question, misperceptions can prevent an entrepreneur from making rational, fact-based decisions.

 

During my 20 years as an investor, I have come to identify what I call “The Five Myths of Private Equity.” Let’s closely examine these five myths, one by one:

 

Myth #1: Private equity is a win-lose game — investors win, entrepreneurs lose.

 

According to this myth, private investors somehow make off with the value of your company — perhaps buying at a too-low price and cutting you out of the eventual rewards that you’d earn from going public or selling to another company. Remember, though, that private equity investors only make money if the value of your company appreciates.

 

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