Thought Leadership

FHS Capital invests in smart, talented and entrepreneurial men and women who build consulting firms that deliver high-value, niche expertise to C-suite communications and marketing executives.  A few times each year, we ask them to share some of their marketplace insights that we believe our corporate colleagues will find a valuable and worthwhile read.  See below.

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What We’ve Learned After Four Years of Investing in Communications Consultancies
What We’ve Learned After Four Years of Investing in Communications Consultancies

We started FHS Capital with a simple premise – to find smart, talented and entrepreneurial firms whom we could invest alongside of and help grow. In our conversations with Chief Communications and Corporate Affairs Officers, we consistently heard of the need for high quality advisors and boutiques, with a strong niche and deep expertise, and who know their swim lanes. We launched a company to identify, invest in, and partner with these kinds of experts.

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QuickDrive: What should banks do now?
QuickDrive: What should banks do now?

Jason Blumberg is a banking analyst and financial advisor with Blue Hill Advisors. He has previously advised banks and financial institutions as an investment banker with Lazard, Cowen and Jefferies, and provided financial and investment analysis on banks for HoldCo Asset Management and Driver Management. He was part of the team that raised concerns with Silicon Valley Bank long before its recent issues emerged.

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ChatGPT Wrote My Article For Me
ChatGPT Wrote My Article For Me

To demonstrate its capabilities, and quite honestly, to save myself time, I asked ChatGPT to write this article for me, but I also instructed it to simultaneously pitch our tech platform, Qwoted, along the way. I doubt I’m the first to do this, but I may yet be the first to openly admit it.

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AI-Powered Search Engines Driving Concerns Over Accuracy, Bias
AI-Powered Search Engines Driving Concerns Over Accuracy, Bias

If the recent uncertain economic climate continues, we could see a wave of bankruptcies and restructurings across the corporate landscape. Board and management shakeups, layoffs and investor losses would follow.

Restructurings are painful for all stakeholders involved. But, when the process is guided by a savvy communications and investor relations team who knows how the game is played, restructurings also provide a unique opportunity to help stakeholders align in a new reality.

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The Key to Healthcare Campaign Success: Work Backwards
The Key to Healthcare Campaign Success: Work Backwards

If the recent uncertain economic climate continues, we could see a wave of bankruptcies and restructurings across the corporate landscape. Board and management shakeups, layoffs and investor losses would follow.

Restructurings are painful for all stakeholders involved. But, when the process is guided by a savvy communications and investor relations team who knows how the game is played, restructurings also provide a unique opportunity to help stakeholders align in a new reality.

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Simple Truths to Guide a Restructuring 
Simple Truths to Guide a Restructuring 

If the recent uncertain economic climate continues, we could see a wave of bankruptcies and restructurings across the corporate landscape. Board and management shakeups, layoffs and investor losses would follow.

Restructurings are painful for all stakeholders involved. But, when the process is guided by a savvy communications and investor relations team who knows how the game is played, restructurings also provide a unique opportunity to help stakeholders align in a new reality.

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A New Threat to Corporate Executives
A New Threat to Corporate Executives

The importance of monitoring alternative social media platforms for threats of violence and offline action against corporate executives

Over the last several months, Alethea conducted investigations into online conversations about Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) to understand the business implications of disinformation, information manipulation, and fringe social media activity. We analyzed how activity within extremist and conspiratorial communities, including antisemitic and racist tropes, can pose novel risks to businesses. One of the key risks identified were threats to the physical safety of C-Suite and high-profile employees of companies that had previous relationships with Ye.

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