KENNETH H. MARKS , CM&AA, is founder and a Managing Partner of High Rock Partners, Inc. He is the lead author of The Handbook of Financing Growth: Strategies, Capital Structure, and M&A Transactions (Wiley). He has been involved as management, advisor, and board member with many emerging growth and middle market businesses. ROBERT T. SLEE , CM&AA, is Managing Director of Robertson & Foley, a middle market investment-banking firm. He has published over 100 articles on private finance topics in a variety of legal and business journals. He is the author of Private Capital Markets (Wiley). CHRISTIAN W. BLEES , CPA, CM&AA, is President and CEO of BiggsKofford PC, directing several sectors of the business including the firm's merger, acquisition, and sales practice. He has been involved in over 200 middle market M&A sales transactions. MICHAEL R. NALL , CPA, CM&AA, is founder and CEO of the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors, a Chicago-based professional trade association featuring a resource and development center serving more than 600 independent accountants, attorneys, and business advisors. He is an author and recognized speaker on valuation, growth, and sales of middle market companies.