SDR Ventures is proud to have been a sponsor of the 2010 Colorado CEO Forum, held on September 28th. Over 400 Colorado CEOs attended this year’s event, held at the Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The forum featured speaker, Jack Daly, whose message focused on robust growth for organizations [...]
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Posted in Business Coaching, Economic Outlook, Lower-Middle Market, Maximizing Business Value, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market, Pet Industry, SDR Ventures Team, State of the Market, Strategic Planning on Jun 17th, 2010
On Wednesday June 16, SDR Ventures and the Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA) joint-hosted a webinar on business valuation. The webinar was presented in an effort to educate pet industry business owners on the keys to business value and to give actionable steps for maximizing value. Information was presented on the methods of valuating a [...]
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SDR Ventures has long believed in the value of peer learning for entrepreneurs. There is nothing that can replace what is gained by learning shoulder-to-shoulder with other business owners. This has been the basis of our Performance Exchange Groups. Now, we are excited to announce our partnership with the Edward Lowe Foundation as a licensed [...]
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Posted in Business Coaching, Capital Formation, Lower-Middle Market, Maximizing Business Value, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middle-Market, Pet Industry, SDR Ventures Team, Small Business, Strategic Planning on Mar 2nd, 2010
Over the past several months, SDR Ventures has hosted a series of webinars focused on the pet industry. SDR’s pet industry expert, Carol Frank, delivered the webinars to members of the American Pet Products Association (APPA). The first webinar, given on November 17, 2009 was titled, “Sourcing Financing in Difficult Markets: How to Obtain the [...]
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In July of this year, I was nominated and selected to join a training and networking program for emerging leaders of Denver-area professional services firms. Sponsored by the Association for Corporate Growth (“ACG”), the ACG Leadership 20 Program is a 10 week course designed to sharpen the leadership skills of a select group of professionals [...]
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Posted in SDR Ventures Team on Oct 5th, 2009
SDR Ventures is pleased to announce the addition of Carol Frank as Managing Director. Carol brings deep business acumen and pet industry experience to SDR and will be leading the team in moderating Performance Exchanges, Transactions, Capital Formation and Strategic Advisory services. Having developed three multi-million dollar companies, Carol Frank combines her insider’s expertise in [...]
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