Blackhawk Partners » Ziad K Abdelnour https://www.blackhawkpartners.com Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:00:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.33 The Secret Behind Private Equity Growth and High Rates of Returnhttps://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/secret-behind-private-equitys-growth-high-rates-return/ https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/secret-behind-private-equitys-growth-high-rates-return/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:00:27 +0000 http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/ Private equity buyouts have hit the highest level in the past decade with firms accounting for $143.7 billion in the first half of 2017. According to the Data from Thomson Reuters, the volume of deals involving private equity firms climbed 29 percent...

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]]> https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/secret-behind-private-equitys-growth-high-rates-return/feed/ 0 What I learned in my long career analyzing and investing in global marketshttps://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/learned-long-career-analyzing-investing-global-markets/ https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/learned-long-career-analyzing-investing-global-markets/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2017 08:29:44 +0000 http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/ After a few decades investing in the markets I am coming to realize that to make money in such markets you have to first and foremost think independently and be humble. You have to be an independent thinker because you can’t make money agreeing with...

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]]> https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/learned-long-career-analyzing-investing-global-markets/feed/ 0 The Ultimate “Blackhawk Partners” Cheat Sheet for Starting and Running Your Businesshttps://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/ultimate-blackhawk-partners-cheat-sheet-starting-running-business/ https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/ultimate-blackhawk-partners-cheat-sheet-starting-running-business/#comments Tue, 03 Oct 2017 13:39:44 +0000 http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/ For all of you showing us deals to be funded, I thought of sharing this with you in order to avoid wasting your time and ours. We analyze over 2,000 propositions a year. Time to be focused. This is, by the way, a bullet FAQ we share with people looki...

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]]> https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/ultimate-blackhawk-partners-cheat-sheet-starting-running-business/feed/ 0 My predictions for the Venture Capital Industry in the next decadehttps://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/predictions-venture-capital-industry-next-decade/ https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/predictions-venture-capital-industry-next-decade/#comments Mon, 17 Apr 2017 11:13:33 +0000 http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/ I am always and often asked this question…. I thought I would finally share my feedback with you Bottom Line: I strongly believe that: Traditional VCs will look more and more like full-stack professional services firms. Remember those dark ages when...

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]]> https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/predictions-venture-capital-industry-next-decade/feed/ 0 My Top predictions for the Trump regime now in powerhttps://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/top-predictions-trump-regime-now-power/ https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/top-predictions-trump-regime-now-power/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2017 09:30:46 +0000 http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/ When I said back in June 16, 2015 (the day he kicked off his campaign for president) that Trump will be our next President, everyone laughed at me and told me I was insane… Never in a million years this would ever happen they said on and on again. We...

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]]> https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/top-predictions-trump-regime-now-power/feed/ 0 Turning around the US Economy:- My Top Recommendations for President elect Trumphttps://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/turning-around-us-economy-top-recommendations-president-elect-trump/ https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/turning-around-us-economy-top-recommendations-president-elect-trump/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2016 11:31:02 +0000 http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/ The people have finally spoken. Donald J. Trump has won and will be our next President for the next four years … and if things are done right, maybe the next eight too. It is not going to be easy given the mess he inherited from President Obama which...

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]]> https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/turning-around-us-economy-top-recommendations-president-elect-trump/feed/ 0 To all those wide-eyed millennials looking for a breakhttps://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/wide-eyed-millennials-looking-break/ https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/wide-eyed-millennials-looking-break/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:11:33 +0000 http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/ It breaks my heart to see millions of millennials still chasing rainbows and hoping that the US government or a cartoon character such as Berne Sanders or crooked Hillary Clinton were ever going to change their lives. Maybe it is time to grow up folk...

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]]> https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/wide-eyed-millennials-looking-break/feed/ 0 Why we need to make it easier for China to invest in Americahttps://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/need-make-easier-china-invest-america/ https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/need-make-easier-china-invest-america/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2016 13:45:25 +0000 http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/?p=10828 I am frankly flabbergasted that with all the economic issues facing our nation today and our dire need for capital inflows to help invigorate our industries all across the board, we are giving so much hard time for Chinese foreign direct investment i...

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]]> https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/need-make-easier-china-invest-america/feed/ 0 Brace Yourselves Folks … It’s Going To Get Real Uglyhttps://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/brace-folks-going-get-real-ugly/ https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/brace-folks-going-get-real-ugly/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:26:47 +0000 http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/?p=10821 These are the most dangerous markets I have ever witnessed in my entire life, and I’ve been investing for over 25 years. Global central bank balance sheets are up from $6 trillion in 2007 to $21 trillion today and they are still being expanded at the...

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]]> https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/brace-folks-going-get-real-ugly/feed/ 0 My Best Advice for a Rookie Start Up CEOhttps://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/best-advice-rookie-start-ceo/ https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/best-advice-rookie-start-ceo/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:14:26 +0000 http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/?p=1397 I have backed over 125 companies over my Wall Street career and can humbly say reviewed over 5,000 business plans… From start up’s to very established companies seeking financing. These are my golden nuggets I thought I’d share with...

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