What to Know Before Selling your Business to Private Equity 
Thinking about selling your business? Learn what private equity buyers look for and start planning your future exit today.
Rebecca ShoenthalJuly 25, 2025
How Piedmont Door Solutions Found the Right Partner in Cobalt
Discover how Piedmont Door Solutions’ President and CEO Chris Mitchell grew Piedmont Door Solutions into an industry leader and found…
Rebecca ShoenthalJune 20, 2025
Evergreen Builds Lasting Business Legacies for MSPs
Learn how a founder’s legacy lives on through Evergreen—preserving people, culture, and growth in over 100 managed IT services and…
Rebecca ShoenthalMay 14, 2025
Why LMC Advisors Partnered With Ascend 
Lee Cohen, Founder of LMC, shares how partnering with Ascend allowed them to leverage resources and expertise to achieve a…
Matthew HicksSeptember 15, 2024
Mi Tribu Founders on Prenatal & Postpartum Care in LatAm 
Magdalena Ramírez and Sebastián Espinoza reflect on founding Mi Tribu, using technology and a digital group care approach to innovate…
Anna MeyerJuly 15, 2024
ASV Fellow Touré Owen on Building Black Barbershop Brand Mobo
Meet Touré Owen, an ASV fellow and founder of Mobo. With his Oakland, California-based Black barbershop brand, Owen strives to…
Anna MeyerJuly 2, 2024
ASV Fellow Drew Barvir on Founding Sonar, an AI-Based Mental Health Platform Tackling the Youth Mental Health Crisis
Drew Barvir’s reflects on founding Sonar, using AI and chat-based technology to reach teens where they are and leveraging the…
Anna MeyerJune 27, 2024
As One Door Closes: IDC Founder Jerry Fields on Leadership, Retirement and Choosing Cobalt Service Partners
Jerry shares what it was like to start a business as a teenager, how a few emails changed the course…
Anna MeyerMay 16, 2024
Drylux Founders Ben and Robert Horne on Putting People First
Brothers Ben and Robert Horne started the Arizona-based restoration company Drylux Restoration, and they’re joining Guardian Restoration Partners, a new…
Anna MeyerApril 29, 2024
Building a Scalable Customer-Centric Education Business
Jason Dion shares the customer-centric approach that got him this far, and how Axcel and new CEO Sasha LeFlore will…
Anna MeyerJuly 11, 2023
