Andre J. Peschong

The US economy is retracting, jobless claims are increasing, consumer confidence is dwindling, the housing market is cratering, oil prices are skyrocketing and the credit markets are tightening.  Almost makes you want to stay in bed and pull the covers over your head.  If you take in all this news and data about what is […]

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I have always asked myself what makes a deal successful, not a company but a deal, or maybe better put, a transaction. Private equity and VC’s alike are merely doing transactions with a longer term horizon than investment bankers, brokers or even angel investors. At the end of the day a deal is […]

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I just attended the LAVA(Los Angeles Venture Association) conference which was held at a very unique, old school hotel that was completely refurbished called the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. It is interesting because over the years LAVA has had its moments when the who’s who of finance showed and deals were getting done and other times […]

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When the internet bubble popped back in March of 2000 there was a lot of lost footing and confusion, including a bunch of shell shocked venture capitalists, private equity guys and, of course, investment bankers who were walking around dazed, asking one key question, hoping to rescue their future… “What is the next big thing?”
When […]

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Fear and greed are the only two motivations for action when playing in the arena known as Wall Street.  Fear of losing money or missing an opportunity, or just fear of making the wrong decision.  Greed is an all motivating factor just as Gordon Gecko said in the famous movie Wall Street “The point is, […]

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IR is a basic absolute for a company even considering being publicly traded. With all the costs associated with being a public company such as SOX compliance, legal, accounting, transfer agent fees, listing fees etc…  Why then would a company want to cut back or not have a full effort to effectively get the story […]

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Here comes the attack of the more nimble SPAC’s (Special Purpose Acquisition Corp.) These are a relatively new twist to a very old concept which were previously called blank check companies.  There are no business operations inside the corporate entity just the construct of a company such as shareholders, capital, management and a publicly traded […]

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As I mentioned in an earlier post I attended the Roth Capital Conference at the Dana Point Ritz Carlton.  This is an extremely well attended conference focused on the small capitalization public marketplace.  There were over 300 companies presenting from all industries and continents.  This year Roth Capital featured companies from India, most trading on […]

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I’ve had so much positive response and further inquiry about how angel investors are growing in popularity, I decided to compile some useful information.  For those interested in getting their wings, a great place to start investigating a fit is with the Angel Capital Association. Listing groups and information from a national to a regional level, […]

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The world is on information overload and pumped up for that information with the proliferation of Starbucks and the myriad amounts of energy drinks.  Life seems to be all about productivity - cramming in more hours in the day to digest more information to be more productive.  Wow, does that sound as bad as it […]

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