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June 7, 2022
There are over 30 million small businesses in America. Collectively, they account for 99.9% of all U.S. companies, and they employ nearly half of all the workers in this country.
It’s fair to say that America is built on small businesses, and yet 82% of them fail due to insufficient cash flow…
March 25, 2022
I’m sure you’ve heard the old saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Well, if your goal is to achieve sustainable growth in your business, that might just be the worst advice you could follow.
Why? Because running your business from this mindset doesn’t allow for careful consideration of how best to achieve a goal. Instead, it leads to processes that are obsolete. Even worse, it leads to processes that are inefficient…
January 25, 2022
Over the course of my career, I’ve been hired by private equity groups to run several different companies. In almost every instance, when I arrive as the new CEO, I find a sleepy organization with a 6% to 8% annual growth rate. My job is to boost that significantly. In fact, I’m expected to take the business’s growth from 6% or 8% to 30%.
As you might imagine, this can be very difficult to do, especially because…
November 30, 2021
Many entrepreneurs — and this may be true of you, too — want to reduce the taxes they pay. To achieve that aim, they do everything they can to limit their business’ cash profit, including recognizing a host of expenses that lower that profit and, therefore, their tax liability. If this is how you run your business, rest assured that working to legally reduce your taxes is okay.
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M&A Science + DealRoom
Private equity plays a massive role in the M&A industry, whether as a buyer or a seller. But unlike strategic buyers, they do not intend to keep the acquired business for a long time. A typical PE firm will have…
Engineered Systems Magazine
BREA, Calif. — The Orange County Business Journal recognized Adam Coffey, CEO of CoolSys, in its annual OC 50 Special Report. Known as the Orange County Business Journal’s Annual Inventory of Influence, the special report features the most influential business leaders and individuals in Orange County…
Inc. Magazine
Not all money is the same. And while this may or may be your main point of concentration, understanding how money works, who to partner with, who to avoid will save you a lot of time in your entrepreneurial journey. Even if you’re more of an inventor type it’s good to have enough knowledge on this side to be dangerous.
Market Watch
CoolSys has created a relief fund to provide financial support for employees during the pandemic and other unexpected life challenges. Initially created to help employees who were furloughed due to COVID-19, the CoolSys Cares Employee Relief Fund has now been expanded to assist..
Chief Executive
A dozen CEOs and CFOs share ideas for using financial strategies and tactics to navigate the post-pandemic environment.
ACHR: The News
BREA, Calif. — The Orange County Business Journal recognized Adam Coffey, CEO of CoolSys in its annual OC 50 Special Report. Known as the Orange County Business Journal’s Annual Inventory of Influence, the special report features the most influential business leaders and individuals in Orange County, California, who have risen in their careers and professional endeavors beyond their peers…
Private Equity Professional
Ares Management has acquired Source Refrigeration Holdings (DBA CoolSys) from Audax Private Equity. CoolSys is the parent of company of a number of refrigeration and HVAC companies nationwide. Audax acquired Source Refrigeration from Arsenal Capital Partners in December 2015.
PHCP Pros
Source Refrigeration & HVAC announced that Adam Coffey has been appointed as its new president and chief executive officer. Founder Brad Howard will remain in his position as chairman, working with Coffey to further develop the company’s strategic vision, organic and acquisition growth initiatives, and customer relationships.