We are still in the research and planning stages of understanding how AI should fit within our organization and mission. We ...

The lower middle market continues to experience a persistent disconnect between seller valuation expectations and buyer discipline, even as financing conditions have improved and capital markets have ...

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Public familiarity with tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Google’s AI Overviews has fundamentally altered how individuals search for information online. For middle-market organizations that have ...

Wealth transfer is one of the most complex challenges for high-net-worth families, especially when business succession must be balanced with estate distribution. While dividing assets equally may seem ...

If we zoom out to examine the macroeconomic picture, John Micklitsch, CFA, CAIA, president of Ancora, sees a market that began the year with a lot of positive momentum. There was lower-trending ...

All entrepreneurs exit their company … eventually. We get to say when, but not whether. Retiring ‘from’ is the easy part. It’s very well defined. Retiring ‘to,’ for me, is a much trickier circle to ...

After nearly four decades of steering a company through various economic cycles, I’ve observed a recurring trap for even the most seasoned CEOs: the executive bubble. We spend our days in a whirlwind ...

For decades, financial planning has focused on the computational side of wealth — asset allocation, tax efficiency, risk-adjusted returns and estate structures. Those disciplines are essential. But ...

Companies often hire a sales hero or marketing firm expecting that once they’re engaged, sales leads will naturally follow — that the only action needed is to put them to work. However, that approach ...

Every year I encourage my team members at Ancora to write down both personal and professional goals they would like to accomplish in the coming year. I firmly believe that when goals are committed to ...

At Lorain County Community College, fostering entrepreneurship and supporting businesses is not an abstract goal — it is work we do every day, alongside the companies that choose to build their future ...