Fix the kitchen well before you list: Private equity pricing renovations

When M&A activity is hot, deals move fast. It reminds me of the housing market a few years ago, when people were buying homes after a five-minute walkthrough or sight unseen via staged realtor pictures. Likewise, private equity investors were …

How a quality of revenue analysis can drive growth

Not all revenue is created equal. Revenue from some deals generates strong profits and long-term growth, while others erode margins over time and stress your resources and team. Many commercial teams intuitively know that some deals are mispriced …

Value-based selling in higher education

Once in a while, we get a different type of project that gives us new ways to think about value-based selling. We recently had the pleasure of working with an organization that sells to higher education institutions. We had to think about the dyna…

Top 5 themes from our 2024 podcast guests

We started hosting guests on If Prices Could Talk at the beginning of this year. It’s been a great journey, with lots of learnings for me through in-depth conversations with our clients, partners, and network. We’ve talked with executives and indu…