Andre J. Peschong

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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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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Time for some shameless self promotion!  In case you didn’t catch them on Google or your news feeds, I was just interviewed for two new articles. Check them out at:

No Slack With SPACs (BloggingStocks.com)
Depressed Stocks Open Door to More Takeovers (DowJones MarketWatch)

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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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The current economic slowdown (don’t say recession) is affecting all capital expenditures and investments across the board.  This slowdown was brought on by the credit crunch caused by the sub prime debacle that has rippled and continues to ripple through the economy.  On the consumer side, big box retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, and Sears […]

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