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Cavas Gobhai

Strategic Concepts & Mechanics

Strategic PatternProcess of Bites, Not Grand PlansDecision FrameworkCash Flow Over Earnings as Debt Survival TestRelationship LeverageHighly Confident as Substitute for Actual CapitalCapital StrategyInterest Deductibility as Leveraged Assault FuelCompetitive AdvantageNOL as Bidding War Nuclear OptionSignature MoveSpeed-of-Sale as Debt Survival DoctrineSignature MoveLawyer as Deal Principal, Not Hired GunSignature MoveParis Apartment DisciplineSignature MoveAll Debt Disguised as EquityCornerstone MoveBuy the Whole, Sell Everything But the Crown JewelCornerstone MoveBlind Pool Before the Target ExistsCornerstone MoveBribe the Gatekeeper, Storm the CastleCornerstone MoveBankruptcy's Tax Corpse as Acquisition WeaponCompetitive AdvantageTax Arbitrage as Structural WeaponOperating PrincipleProfessional Manager Decay Across GenerationsRisk DoctrineNever Cut Back a Committed DealSignature MoveMilken: Four-Thirty AM Cathedral-Builder With No OfficeCapital StrategyVenture Capital Masquerading as DebtSignature MovePeltz: Spittle-on-the-Check Persistence from Near-BrokeSignature MovePerelman: Borrowed $1.9M to a Boeing 727 in Seven YearsCornerstone MoveManufactured Credibility from Thin AirDecision FrameworkContra-Thinking as Default Mental Operating SystemIdentity & CultureForced Savings as Loyalty HandcuffsCornerstone MoveCash Flow Over Earnings as the Only TruthCornerstone MoveBuy the Core, Sell the Pieces, Erase the DebtSignature MoveKingsley: Mount Everest Desk, Twenty-Year Sounding BoardSignature MoveIcahn: Wrestling-a-Ghost Negotiation Until the Last PennyCornerstone MoveOwner's Equity as the Non-Negotiable Discipline

Primary Evidence

"In November 1983, Joseph, Milken and members of their respective teams met with Cavas Gobhai in a suite at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, next door to Drexel’s new Beverly Hills office, to engineer the quantum leap. As Joseph recalled that meeting, “We started by asking, ‘Where does our financing muscle really come into play?’ One thing that’s hard to finance is unfriendly acquisitions. You can’t finance them, because you can’t tell people you’re going to do the deal, and you don’t know if you’re going to need the money, and you don’t know how much money you’re going to need, because you may have to raise the price, and you don’t have access to the inside information, and a lot of people don’t like to get involved in unfriendly deals.”"

Source:The Predators' Ball

"In November 1983, Joseph, Milken and members of their respective teams met with Cavas Gobhai in a suite at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, next door to Drexel’s new Beverly Hills office, to engineer the quantum leap. As Joseph recalled that meeting, “We started by asking, ‘Where does our financing muscle really come into play?’ One thing that’s hard to finance is unfriendly acquisitions. You can’t finance them, because you can’t tell people you’re going to do the deal, and you don’t know if you’re going to need the money, and you don’t know how much money you’re going to need, because you may have to raise the price, and you don’t have access to the inside information, and a lot of people don’t like to get involved in unfriendly deals.”"

Source:Predator's Ball

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