Cheval Capital, Inc.

HostingCon 2011 Discount Code

For those of you attending HostingCon 2011 feel free to use the discount code CHEVALCAPITAL2011 for a slight reduction in registration costs.

Frank

 

 

 

Hillary Stiff Speaking At HostingCon 2011

Hillary will be speaking at HostingCon 2011 (www.hostingcon.com) in San Diego.

Her panel, "How the Big Buyers Look At Acquisitions", is on Tuesday, August 9th at 3pm.

This is a unique panel comprised of some of the top hosters talking frankly about how they look at acquisitions. The panelists take a down to earth look at many parts of the acquisition process including how they determine value, what risk means to the purchase price, features that can add or reduce the price, and practical, real world advice for sellers and other prospective buyers. Panelists currently include Lance Crosby of SoftLayer, Joe Bardenheier of Endurance International, Ditlev Brehdahl of OnApp/UK2, Hillary Stiff of Cheval Capital and more!

 

Frank Stiff Speaking at HostingCon 2011

Frank will be speaking at HostingCon 2011 (www.hostingcon.com) in San Diego. 

The talk, "Why Your Company May Be Worth More (or Less) to You Than to a Buyer", is at 2pm on Monday, August 8th.

This seminar looks at why some companies are worth more to their owners than buyers and why.  The talk will also show how an owner can build a comparison of their business’ value to them versus what a buyer offers.

 

WHIR Magazine - Better Bookeeping

Check out Hillary's comments in WHIR Magazine's March issue for an article on the accounting issues and hurdles that hosters face when selling their business, seeking financing or finding an investor (pages 34 - 36.)  It is a good background article and if you have any questions or would like to talk more about it please give Hillary or Frank a call. 

SingleHop CEO Named to Chicago Top 40 Under 40 List

Congratulations to Zak Boca, CEO of SingleHop Inc., on being named to Crain's Chicago Business Top 40 Under 40 List.  The list and interview with Zak can be found here.  The writeup at the WHIR is pretty good as well.