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CEOs may be good at the things they do — such as controlling costs, finding new products, tapping new markets, and playing golf — but when it comes to investment banking operations, including tapping investors for money or cooking up M&A deals, CEOs often find themselves well out of their comfort zone.

Only the largest companies can afford to maintain an in-house staff dedicated to analyzing the company’s investment banking options. It’s most common for a company’s board of directors or top management to contact an investment banking firm to lend expertise.

Because investment bankers are dedicated to being the conduit between companies and investors’ money, they’re expected to be the experts on all things financial. Investment bankers must be able to go beyond just what a company’s management team is telling them in order to independently understand a business situation. Starting in Chapter 15, you discover some of the most advanced skills that the best investment bankers have.