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Financing Your Business Now
Many private business owners are successfully emerging from the recent recession ready and willing to expand, but are uncertain how funding sources will view their requests for the essential debt and equity funding. 2nd Generation Capital has surveyed middle Tennessee money sources and has prepared this overview of financing alternatives in the local market with practical advice for business owners. Full Article
 
Lean times, cash stockpiles may signal time to buy
Still unsure of the economy, many business owners are pondering their strategic options. In poker terms, "Do I hold, fold or draw?" Full Article
 
Doctor Mom is going high tech
There is much uncertainty in the healthcare world. Cries of "too expensive" and "unnecessary" are matched with "too many uninsured or underinsured" and "shrinking reimbursement." Full Article
 
How to find the right kind of money to meet your specific, business needs
While accountants have arbitrarily labeled the left hand side of the balance sheet as "assets," every business owner knows it's the right hand side that contains the real assets of any business -- that's where the sources of capital are shown. "Things" on the left hand side are things you simply buy from others; however, everything on the right hand side must be earned in one way or another -- earned through retained profit, credit respect or proven investment potential. Full Article
 
Is it Time to Resurrect Physician Practice Management Organizations?
Read the article Is it Time to Resurrect Physician Practice Management Organizations? published in Health Leaders Media.
 
2ndG -- experts in the process of creating private business value
Although we wear many functional hats, the principals at 2nd Generation Capital (2ndG) see ourselves as experts in what we call "the process" of creating long-term private business value. We have experience and expertise in managing "the process" of a business life cycle: from creation, to capital investment, through development and managed growth, and ultimately to the monetization of that investment. Our four principal business lines are built upon key roles in this business life cycle. Full Article
 
What we do at 2nd Generation Capital
This article is the first installment in a series of interviews highlighting who and what 2nd Generation Capital (2ndG) is and does. Each installment will feature one or more of the services we provide and the 2ndG people who perform those services. Full Article
 
Auld Lang Syne
As one year passes and another begins, it's a time for reflection and planning. Full Article
 
15 years and counting on more
2nd Generation Capital is now 15 years young. We asked co-founder and Managing Member Michael Collins to reflect on lessons learned and how to apply them now and in the future. Full Article
 
2nd Generation Capital celebrates 15 years
KraftCPAs' affiliate, 2nd Generation Capital, LLC, is celebrating 15 years in business. Conceptualized in 1993 through the collaborative vision of Joe Kraft and Michael E. (Mike) Collins, 2nd Generation was launched in April 1994. Full Article