Business activity hits February freeze

Deal activity among both strategic and financial buyers dropped off significantly in February.  This slowdown in deal volume was due in large part to the rush to get deals done by the end of 2010, which was driven by the fear of tax changes that never occurred. Strategic buyers led the way in the second […]

Old and stodgy? Why Jodi Berg set out to rebrand Vitamix Corp.'s image

Stodgy and old were not the words Jodi Berg would use to describe Vitamix Corp., but those were the ones that Forbes used to describe the high-performance blender company, and seeing that in print shocked her. “My first reaction was how could someone think we’re old and stodgy because I knew our goal wasn’t to […]

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