About Brad Mewes
Who I am
I am a lover of business, finance, and corporate strategy. I have nearly two decades of experience in the collision industry. I have an Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Finance. I was an equity research associate. I am management consultant and strategist. (That’s me in the picture on assignment in China a few years back).
Recently I received a Masters in Business Administration with a particular emphasis on finance, investment banking and M&A. I graduated in the top 10% of my class from a top 25 school. I was with an investment bank in Newport Beach working as an equity research associate. But I left. I went back to collision.
I knew, deep inside I knew, there is SO MUCH MORE than sitting in a cubicle as an excel jockey staring a computer screens building complex financial models. I truly enjoy the mental exercise of diving into a company’s financials, teasing out the cash flows, and building a financial and operating model that projects growth into the future. It is the greatest mind teaser there is. But I have no desire to do that all day every day for 12 hours a day.
Why I do this
I have always enjoyed reading about and studying business. In the collision industry there are a small percentage of players that have a high level of financial sophistication and the vast majority that do not. The objective of this forum is to share the information I have garnered over the years and begin a discuss on how to better operate and manage a business.
So I decided to apply the lessons learned from business school, equity research, and consulting to the industry I grew up in. Because of my background, I see things in a very different way than many others in the industry.
What you can expect from me
Supplement! is designed to be a forum to discuss the role of finance in the industry, to discuss strategy on a large scale, to discuss consolidation, and to discuss running a better business in the face of these sea changes. The industry is changing rapidly which means that it will become more difficult for the uninformed to compete and generate profits. As larger more sophisticated players enter the market it will become even more important to develop a competitive edge.
Get in contact with me!
I love to discuss anything business related. Get in contact with me here! The utmost confidentiality is guaranteed.
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