In early November Alstom announced a euro421m cash outflow and said that this related largely to four contracts for which it had received substantial prepayments but which are now reaching completion and so draining cash from the business.
These statements include, among others, statements concerning future performance of ARRIS following the completion of the acquisition of the Motorola Home Business and ARRIS' ability to achieve the expected strategic benefits and synergies.
He is now raising money through a private investor for a 200-acre industrial facility in Idaho that, upon its expected completion in 18 to 24 months, will provide business space to between 30 and 50 automotive manufacturers.
My academic background includes an MBA from Pepperdine University and completion of the Strategic Marketing Management Program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
If they are truly working with you hand-in-hand, then they will want to have a stake in the business outcome (even if it makes them uncomfortable), and not just in the completion of their assignment.