“I wanted to not exit out of the company entirely at that point in time, but maybe, you know, pull some capital, recapitalize it, pull some risk off the table”

Derek Bullard · In The Trenches · The Unseen Realities of Selling Your Company to Private Equity

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raised debt in 2007 to recapitalize the company and pull risk off the table while still retaining ownership

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