Some key business decisions regarding staffing and technology investment have been forced upon entrepreneurs by the necessity of survival during these nightmarish times.  Other critical investment, growth, acquisition or exit decisions have been mired in unprecedented levels of uncertainty and have had to be postponed.

Some owner-managers took stock of what they had built, drew a line and opted to exit. But what about owners that decided not to sell but stick at it? Are there opportunities out there? What do the businesses themselves think?

Alexei Garan, Head of Business Funding at Shaw & Co, looks at the issue in Private Banker International magazine…

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