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The Power of Partnership: How Sell-Side Advisors Improve Outcomes

As we grow, we are also solidifying our unique market position as a complement to sell-side advisors and investment banks. We love when a sell-side...

Our History

I recently read Graham Weaver’s blog about why he started Alpine. Like Graham, I started my career in investment banking, and saw things I wanted...

The Secret to Sales Success: Ego Resilience

In 2002, when I was new to sales, I had an opportunity to learn the true nature of sales when I was invited back to...

Fox vs. Snail

With the impacts of COVID-19 rippling through financial markets, it looks like Foxes (strong growth and profit) do fare better in downturns than Snails. The...

Tortoise vs. Hare

When we first published our Rule of 50 piece in 2017, we had a lot of people ask us if Growth and EBITDA Margin were...

I’m no Peyton Manning

Several years ago, we acquired a company for one of our clients. We had just finished a day of onsite due diligence to finalize our...