Ann Arbor, MI
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Jackson Hole, WY
Providing Sound Business and Financial Advice for Private Companies
School Street Capital Group has been advising private companies and their owners on financing, growth planning, and exit strategies since 1986. Their objectives — and ours — are the same: build the value of the business and the wealth of the owners. The extensive transaction and operating experience of School Street's principals enables owners of growing private companies to achieve their long-term business and financial goals. Our compensation is structured to be affordable to the client and driven by client success.
Our Mission
School Street's principal mission is to enable the private company to increase its value rapidly through carefully planned growth and well executed financing.
Client Needs
Successful private and family-owned companies can have significant competitive advantages over larger, publicly owned firms. These include faster response to customers than larger competitors; ability to finance and execute well-conceived long-term growth plans; freedom from need to report continuously rising quarterly earnings; and direct control by owners over the rate and timing of wealth creation.
When Private Companies Grow
As they grow, private companies also contend with daunting financial and operating challenges. In many instances there are no financial reserves to cushion operating or marketing problems. Knowledge of industry trends and competitor capabilities may be limited. Rapid growth can produce unforeseen problems and large losses if management has not experienced it before.
Balancing Growth and Risk to Build Value and Wealth
Owners of private companies know that growing a business and adding value requires taking risks. But they also know that in a highly competitive economy there is no alternative to growth, and thus no alternative to risk taking. Their challenge is balancing growth and risk so as to build value and wealth. Successful owners and managements always focus on building the value of their businesses. But building value can require taking unfamiliar risks.
To find out more about what we can do for you, contact us at mcg@sscg.com.