<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Is your company investment grade? That's the question every business owner, investor and employee should be asking before sinking any time, energy or cash into an organization.</p><p><br></p><p>In <strong>17 Reasons Your Company Is Not Investment Grade & What To Do About It</strong>, Zane Tarence, investment banker and serial entrepreneur, describes the 17 interrelated characteristics that make a company investment worthy.</p><p><br></p><p>Investment grade companies are private companies that: 1) generate predictable cash flow, 2) deliver tangible value to all stakeholders, 3) attract top talent, 4) can support add-on acquisitions and 5) give their owners freedom. Whether owners plan to raise funds, self-fund, recapitalize, purchase or roll up additional companies, sell, or stay in their companies forever, creating an investment-grade company is critical.</p><p><br></p><p>In <strong>17 Reasons</strong>, Tarence provides specific, actionable recommendations that owners of companies in any industry can implement immediately.</p><p><br></p><p>Zane Tarence has spent over 25 years creating, investing in, advising and selling technology-based businesses. He is a speaker, author, and partner and managing director of Founders Advisors, LLC, a Birmingham-based investment banking firm.</p>