Thursday, April 29, 2004
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
BNKJ Building - Lobby Conference Room
Subject: De-Mystifying Private Equity
Free Lunch & Learn Program

De-Mystifying Private Equity
Private equity is one of the most rapidly expanding and exciting areas of modern finance for privately-held, growth companies.  Often referred to as “the business of developing businesses,” private equity can be used to develop new products and technologies, to expand working capital, to make acquisitions, or to strengthen a company's balance sheet. It can also resolve ownership and management succession issues in family-owned companies, or the buy-out or buy-in of a business by experienced managers may be achieved using private equity.  Yet the workings of the private equity industry are very transparent to outsiders.

Please join us for BNKJ’s complimentary Lunch and Learn program entitled De-Mystifying Private Equity on Thursday, April 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  In this session, our special guests from G.L. Ohrstrom & Co., Inc. and SouthPointe Ventures, LLC will explain the roles played by corporate managers, financiers, and investors in private equity, and its risks and potential rewards.  How should entrepreneurs and company managers seeking capital go about the task, and what can they expect if they are successful? What kinds of capital options are available to companies and their owners? What do private equity investors look for in the companies they back? What are the lessons from the successes and (equally important) the failures of the past?

Registration: Call (770) 261-5447, or Register Now Online!