Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO Brett Hickey sits down with Former President and CEO of Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Kaplan to discuss Leadership. 

Founded in 2010, Star Mountain is a specialized U.S. lower middle-market asset management firm focused on two investment strategies: 1) providing debt/equity capital to established, growing companies; and 2) purchasing existing LP positions, generally at a discount, in lower middle-market funds. Star Mountain manages $4+ billion of AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 12/31/24) through funds and SMAs for some of the most sophisticated investors globally including individuals, family offices/wealth managers, insurance companies, endowments / foundations and pension plans. 

Star Mountain is 100% employee-owned with 100% of U.S. full-time employees sharing in the investment profits across 110+ team members and 40+ senior advisors/operating partners in 20+ offices. Since inception Star Mountain has made over 200 investments. 

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Robert Kaplan, Former Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas CEO, Discusses Leadership Development

Star Mountain CEO Brett Hickey On Evolution Capital Podcast

Whether you are looking to sell your firm or grow through a merger or acquisition, leadership capability is a critical factor for success. Decisions on market valuation is driven by perceptions of the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of a firm’s leadership team. And while M&A continues to be a major strategy in support of corporate growth, research and experience indicate that up to 70% of deals fail to meet stated objectives, and of those, 50% will destroy shareholder value. 

Topics to be discussed:
• How to understand and leverage your individual and collective leadership strengths to enhance your firm’s market valuation position.
• How effective and ineffective leadership affect M&A transactions. 
• Real-world case studies on how middle market companies have leveraged the leadership factor in M&A transactions.

The Leadership Factor in Market Valuation and M&A Success Webinar

Star Mountain Capital regularly offers its partners in the business owner/executive, lower middle-market fund manager, and deal advisor community access to complimentary educational events.

About the Presenter:
Dr. Lev Borodovsky is the Chief Risk Officer at Star Mountain Capital with over 20 years of experience covering private equity, risk management and operations. He is also the Editor of The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Shot. Dr. Borodovsky was previously a founding team member, Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director of the GSO/Blackstone platform. He was also the Former Head of Risk Management for the Alternative Capital Division at Credit Suisse First Boston as well as a Former Partner and Chief Risk Officer at Bell Point Capital Partners.

2018: The Year of Rising Risks
• U.S. Political Risks
• The Geopolitical Landscape
• China Slowdown Risks
• U.S. Inflation and Interest Rates
• Asset Valuation and Sentiment
• Beyond 2018

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Global Macro Trends Quarterly Update - 2018 - The Year Of Rising Risks

Star Mountain Capital regularly offers its partners in the business owner/executive, lower middle-market fund manager, and deal advisor community access to complimentary educational events.

About the Presenter:
Dr. Lev Borodovsky is the Chief Risk Officer at Star Mountain Capital with over 20 years of experience covering private equity, risk management and operations. He is also the Editor of The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Shot. Dr. Borodovsky was previously a founding team member, Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director of the GSO/Blackstone platform. He was also the Former Head of Risk Management for the Alternative Capital Division at Credit Suisse First Boston as well as a Former Partner and Chief Risk Officer at Bell Point Capital Partners.

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Star Mountain Complimentary Follow - Up Webinar - 2018 The Year Of Rising Risks

It is well documented that 70% to 90% of deals fall short of expectations. What's less documented are the underlying causes for failed M&A activity. "Integration issues" are commonly cited, but what does that really mean? And how can acquirers structure due diligence to reduce the chance of failure?

Join Star Mountain Capital and experts from Strategex's Voice of the Customer practice for an informative discussion about customer diligence, and how it can be used to mitigate many of the primary causes of deal failure.

Topics to be discussed:
- Understanding the role and value of customer diligence.
- Outlining best practices for designing and executing a customer diligence project.
- Validating a target's commercial potential through the use of the Net Promoter Score (NPS).
- Mitigating customer concentration risk by developing strategies to retain key accounts.
- Leveraging customer insights to grow key accounts and accelerate value creation.

About the presenters:
Anthony Bahr is a Vice President in Strategex's VOC Strategic Practice where he leads research-based consulting engagements. He works in partnership with clients to design and implement research initiatives to address common questions that arise during due diligence.

Kay Cruse serves as VOC Vice President for Strategex. With nearly 20 years of client engagement and strategic marketing experience, Kay provides strategic marketing leadership to the VOC practice with a background in customer research, market strategy, brand development, and strategic opportunities.

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Taking Customer Due Diligence To The Next Level

Star Mountain Capital Founder & CEO, Brett Hickey, sat down with Business Rockstars’ Alex Wehrley during the 2017 Milken Institute Global Conference and discussed what Star Mountain Capital looks for in a business, how Star Mountain determines if there is a market need and what trends entrepreneurs should know about. 

Brett also talks about why culture is key when creating a long term competitive advantage and how purpose is a critical part of careers for top performers.

Star Mountain Capital CEO  Brett Hickey Talks Business

Tips for Business Owners to Reduce Expenses and Maximize Enterprise Value

Presented by Miles Lee, CEO & President,
Alliance Cost Containment, LLC 

Topics to be discussed:

- The impact of indirect spend on a company’s bottom line.
- Debunking common myths about indirect expenses.
- The value of indirect expense reduction to private equity firms and financial sponsors.
- Pitfalls and lessons learned from the cost reduction trenches.

About the speaker:
Miles Lee is the CEO and President of Alliance Cost Containment, LLC (ACC). He has led the company’s impressive growth since acquiring the business in 2007. Miles has over 20 years of executive strategic sourcing and group purchasing experience with a focus on cost reduction for private equity portfolio companies. Under his leadership, ACC has received numerous awards, including: Greater Louisville Inc. “Inc. Credible” Award winner, Best Places to Work 2017, Business of the Year finalist from Business First 2017, Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies 2016, 2017, 2018, and Business First “Fast 50” award 2017.

About Star Mountain Capital:
Star Mountain Capital is a specialized asset management firm focused on investing in the large and underserved U.S. lower middle-market of companies with typically under $15 million of EBITDA. Star Mountain's differentiated business model includes a custom-built media and technology platform bringing proven, large market resources to smaller businesses as a value-added lender and investment partner.

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Reduce Expenses And Maximize Enterprise Value

Star Mountain Capital regularly offers its partners in the business owner/executive, lower middle-market fund manager, and deal advisor community access to complimentary educational events.

About the Presenter:
Dr. Lev Borodovsky is the Chief Risk Officer at Star Mountain Capital with over 20 years of experience covering private equity, risk management and operations. He is also the Editor of The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Shot. Dr. Borodovsky was previously a founding team member, Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director of the GSO/Blackstone platform. He was also the Former Head of Risk Management for the Alternative Capital Division at Credit Suisse First Boston as well as a Former Partner and Chief Risk Officer at Bell Point Capital Partners.

LEARN MORE ABOUT US:

WEBSITE: http://www.starmountaincapital.com
MEDIA CENTER: http://www.starmountaincapita.com/media-center
FOUNDATION: http://starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/
BRETT HICKEY: http://www.bretthickey.com
TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/StarMountainCap
LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLC
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapital
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/starmountaincapital
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/
GOOGLE PLUS: http://plus.google.com/108738881983222377513
INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/
WIKI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Hickey

Tracking The Longest Expansion On Record 2018

Star Mountain Capital regularly offers its partners in the business owner/executive, lower middle-market fund manager, and deal advisor community access to complimentary educational events.

In this installment of Star Mountain's Webinar series, Chief Risk Officer Lev Borodovsky discusses implications of the U.S. government shutdown for small and medium-sized business and the economy including:

- The consumer confidence shock
- A hit to consumption and housing
- Chipping away at GDP

About the Presenter:
Dr. Lev Borodovsky is the Chief Risk Officer at Star Mountain Capital with over 20 years of experience covering private equity, risk management and operations. He is also the Editor of The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Shot. Dr. Borodovsky was previously a founding team member, Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director of the GSO/Blackstone platform. He was also the Former Head of Risk Management for the Alternative Capital Division at Credit Suisse First Boston as well as a Former Partner and Chief Risk Officer at Bell Point Capital Partners.

LEARN MORE ABOUT US:

WEBSITE: http://www.starmountaincapital.com
MEDIA CENTER: http://www.starmountaincapita.com/media-center
FOUNDATION: http://starmountaincharitablefoundation.org/
BRETT HICKEY: http://www.bretthickey.com
TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/StarMountainCap
LINKEDIN: http://www.linkedin.com/company/Star-Mountain-Capital-LLC
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/c/StarMountainCapital
SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/starmountaincapital
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/StarMountainCapital/
GOOGLE PLUS: http://plus.google.com/108738881983222377513
INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/star.mountain.capital/
WIKI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Hickey
https://blogs.wsj.com/dailyshot/

U.S. Government Shutdown: Implications for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) and the Economy

Founded in 2010, Star Mountain Capital is a specialized investment firm focused on the large and fragmented North American lower middle-market. Star Mountain manages ~$4 billion of AUM (committed capital including debt facilities as of 2/29/24) through customized and commingled funds for some of the world’s most sophisticated investors, including individuals, family offices, insurance companies, wealth managers, endowments / foundations and pension plans.

Star Mountain’s specialty is helping grow private companies that generally have at least $15 million of annual revenues and generate under $50 million of EBITDA through organic and strategic initiatives such as acquisitions.

Star Mountain has closed over 200 investments total across direct and secondaries since inception. Star Mountain provides insights, relationships, and resources to assist companies in maximizing value by:
1.	Providing debt and equity capital to established, growing small and medium-sized companies.
2.	Purchasing investments and LP positions from other investors in lower middle-market funds and companies.
Star Mountain is a 100% employee-owned firm, with 100% of employees participating in the investment profits, with 80+ full-time team members and 40+ senior advisors & operating partners. The senior team includes those with former roles such as Head of Credit Suisse Alternatives ($100 billion AUM), Chief Risk Officer of GSO / Blackstone, Head of Leveraged Loan Capital Markets at Merrill Lynch and BAML (underwrote ~$50 billion in event driven financings), Co-Head of ~$6 billion Merrill Lynch / BAML Private Equity, Co-Head of ~$11 billion Citigroup Private Equity, Co-Head of the Merchant Banking Division of BNP Paribas and Head of Media & Communications Merchant, Investment and Corporate Banking at BMO.

Robert Kaplan, Former Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas CEO, Discusses Leadership Development

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