"There are three faithful friends - an old
wife, an old dog, and ready money."
-Benjamin Franklin
Dartmouth Associates, founded in 1984, has a litany of successes from
transforming underperforming operations into profitable businesses even in tough
times. We bring a unique mixture of common sense, hands-on experience and
knowledge to helping our client’s solve their business problems.
We
roll up our shirt sleeves and quickly get down to work in a granular analysis of
each business process and asset, to fully understand the business at all levels,
and create cash flow, profits and shareholder value for our clients. Our
detailed operational focus isn't designed to be pretty or elegant for the
outside world. It is functional, tough, laborious work, based on real experience
of what actually works. Even more importantly, it is essential for business
survival in tough competitive times.
Over
the past 20 years, managing at 40,000 feet was acceptable but this won't cut it
now in this reset economic world. Financial engineering and philosophizing is
fun, but it won’t get the job done when you're fighting for every margin point
in a tough market.
The
reality for business survival and success today is not a matter of perspective;
it is a matter of management’s granular understanding of how the business is
performing in reality. You won't find us in the ivory tower, but you will find
us with the sales team, in the order department, the engineering meeting, the
warehouse, on the production line and in the account's receivable discussion. We
just stay focused on the things that really matter to business success every
day.
We
are differentiated by our knowledge and practical experience of operational
turnarounds in many underperforming companies and knowledge of capital markets.
Our experience from owning and leading companies, solving real problems and
building shareholder value, offers significant value to clients including our:
- Practical operational
management experience from all types of businesses across four continents
- Real leadership experience, honed
from the crucible of financial distress, making us a credible turnaround partner
to lead company revitalization in times of crisis
- Demonstrable success in creating
& executing business strategies that deliver profitability and superior
shareholder value
- Deep financial markets knowledge
and business networks
- Character, persistence and
integrity in our dealings
We
can quickly assess business situations, create practical solutions and work with
our clients to execute efficiently and get results. We measure our success from
our client’s success. Our geographical focus is the Western US and Western
Canada.
We
don't deliver beautifully bound reports, we just deliver results!
Give
us a call to initiate a confidential discussion on how we can help. Really!
In
certain circumstances, we will also consider investing our own capital in
situations where there is potential upside from us working alongside existing
ownership and management. Our affiliated company,
Dauntless Capital Partners, is a merchant bank and acts as a
principal and investor in a range of public and private operating companies.
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