Darwin Bruce, former long-time GC for T.D. Jakes, is pioneering a new initiative designed to significantly improve M&A and CapM opportunities for small and middle market business community in Texas. The lower middle market is woefully underserved, even though those are the businesses driving the economy, but Bruce says he plans to fix that.
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