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Award-Winning CEO Strategies Enable, Empower and Energize Successful Teams

For Commerce Magazine’s Annual Best Practices Guide, we asked CEOs to address the following question: “How do you empower your employees so they can become sales leaders, innovators, rainmakers brand ambassadors and effective team players?” Alan Scharfstein, CEO of DAK, shares his best strategies strategies to enable, empower and energize a successful team.

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DAK’s Ari Fuchs Announced as Winner of the 9th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards

The M&A Advisor announced the winners of the Emerging Leaders Awards. The M&A Advisor, renowned globally for its recognition of leading M&A, financing and turnaround professionals, created this event to promote mentorship and professional development amongst the emerging business leaders. Ari Fuchs, Director at DAK has been chosen for his accomplishments and expertise from a

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How to Arrive at a Realistic Valuation for Your Business

Every CEO considering a sale wants to know the answer to one question: how much is my company worth? But valuation is highly subjective and sellers often come to the table with many misconceptions. We talked to Mike Richmond, managing director at New Jersey-based investment bank DAK, to get his advice for sellers.

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DAK Announces Sale of American Van Equipment to Safe Fleet

Rochelle Park, NJ – DAK, a leading investment bank specializing in middle-market mergers and acquisitions worldwide, announces the sale of its client American Van Equipment, headquartered in Lakewood, NJ to Safe Fleet of Belton, MO. DAK served as the exclusive investment banker and financial advisor to American Van, managing the entire divestiture process. “The owners

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Stripes Group invests in Levain Bakery

DAK Announces “The Ultimate” Cookie Deal with an Investment in Levain Bakery by Stripes Group

DAK, a leading investment bank specializing in middle-market mergers and acquisitions worldwide, announces an investment in its client Levain Bakery by Stripes Group. Since its founding in New York City in 1994, Levain Bakery has grown into a neighborhood institution for locals and an international destination for world travelers. Levain’s provides world-famous cookies and other

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The DAK Group Announces Sale of Wesco Industrial Products, Inc. to Bluff Manufacturing, a portfolio company of Wincove Private Holdings

Leader in manufacturing and importing of material handling equipment expands capabilities for Texas-based industrial equipment provider Rochelle Park, NJ –The DAK Group, a leading investment bank specializing in middle-market mergers and acquisitions worldwide, announces the sale of its client Wesco Industrial Products, Inc. headquartered in North Wales, PA to Bluff Manufacturing, the leading provider of industrial

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VCI – Emergency Vehicle Specialists recapitalized by Tightrope Capital & NewSpring Capital

VCI is the preeminent full lifecycle sales and service provider of emergency ambulance solutions to first aid squads, EMS organizations, fire departments, hospital organizations, municipalities, and private medical transport companies in the Mid-Atlantic Region. VCI was recapitalized by private equity firms Tightrope Capital Partners and NewSpring Capital.

DAK led a competitive, sell-side process for VCI, generating multiple offers from a wide range of strategic buyers and financial sponsors. By positioning the combination of VCI’s market leadership position, comprehensive services offering, strong manufacturer relationships, and robust backlog, DAK achieved an outstanding outcome for the company’s shareholders.

The acquisition provides the shareholders of VCI an opportunity to accelerate its growth strategy by expanding its core ambulance business, building out the value-added segments of conversions and remounts, implementing operational improvements, and pursuing acquisitions with the help of its new partners. Tightrope and NewSpring have an opportunity to leverage VCI’s strong management team and operating platform to build a multi-regional player in emergency ambulance solutions.

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