Author: Kyle Johnson

How We Did It: Cost Reduction Case Study 

August 25, 2020 Kyle Johnson

PE funds across a broad spectrum of industries often approach us with specific, episodic needs. Our first step for matching them with best-in-class, third party resources is to understand the nuances and unique challenges they face. When a private equity firm acquired a leading plastics company that designed and manufactured innovative plastic-injection-molded products, the firm believed there was room for improvement and cost reductions in the company’s supply contracts. We quickly matched these criteria to the pre-vetted candidates from our invitation-only network, rooted in our founder’s 20 years of PE industry experience.

For the full story, read the case study here.

BluWave Forms Fundraising Consortium to Fight Hunger in Nashville

August 11, 2020 Kyle Johnson

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the demand for food in the Nashville area has jumped from 600,000 pounds a week to a million pounds a week — a 40 percent increase over this time last year, according to Second Harvest Food Bank.   

Between unemployment rates skyrocketing and schools (a source of free or reduced cost breakfasts and lunches) being closed, vulnerable children are at risk. At the same time, donations of food are down, distribution and other expenses are up, and all of Second Harvest’s fundraising events have been cancelled. In response to the massive need in Nashville, we’ve joined CapitalSpring and Bailey Southwell & Co. to form a “Business Builders” fundraising consortium.  

We’ve wrangled the support of friends, associates, and other local businesses to fight hunger, raising over $125,000 in the span of a few weeks. To join the Business Builders’ coalition and donate, please visit our fundraising page.

View the official announcement in The Tennessean here.