Industry Insights, Education, Private Equity Recapitalizations
If you’ve always dismissed private equity as an option, now might be the best time to reconsider. Too often, business owners assume private equity is going to come in and gut their business, just to drive up EBITDA with some financial engineering. While this may have...
Exit Planning, Industry Insights
Over the years, we've engaged with hundreds of entrepreneurs each wrestling with a pivotal decision: how to scale back their involvement without stepping away from the legacy they've built. This crossroads is no small choice: wanting greater freedom yet tied to the...
Industry Insights, Merger and Acquisitions, Education, M&A
The Role of Net Working Capital Target in Cash-Free/Debt-Free Deals In the complex world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), one term that often takes center stage is "Net Working Capital Target." This seemingly technical phrase holds immense importance, especially...
Owner Considerations, IP & Patents, Industry Insights, Managing Risk, M&A
Restructuring is typically not on the tip of the tongues of CEO’s that are running profitable companies. However, we can take a page from restructuring to address the current market and position many companies find themselves in today. “Sometimes the best offense is a...
Industry Insights, M&A, Owner Considerations, Business Valuation
Many sellers enter the process of selling their private company with value expectations well above market as well as not being properly prepared. Then they wonder why they regret the results of the sale. You can avoid seller's remorse by doing the following things: 1)...
Industry Insights, M&A, Owner Considerations, Business Valuation
In an M&A deal, an earn-out is an agreement between the buyer and the seller in which the seller agrees to receive additional payments—usually a percentage of the company's revenue or profits—based on the target company achieving certain financial milestones....
Selling a Business, M&A, Owner Considerations, M&A Education & Market, Strategic Advisory, Industry Insights
Thirty years as a serial and parallel entrepreneur, having started, acquired, and sold 13 of my own companies after adding 22 acquisitions onto those companies (increasing enterprise value along the way) as well as advising hundreds of companies at Merit Investment...
Industry Insights, Selling a Business, Managing Risk, M&A, Owner Considerations, M&A Education & Market, Strategic Advisory
If you're a business owner, you know that retirement is one of the main goals of running a successful company. After all, 75% of business owners equate the sale of their business with retirement. However, many will miss their window based on their state of readiness...
Education, M&A, M&A Education & Market, Industry Insights, Managing Risk
When you’re gearing up for—or are in the middle of—the sale or merger of your private company, you are putting yourself into an elite group of entrepreneurs who are achieving what many others have failed to do. Pursuing an exit is hard. It’s even harder when you are...
Industry Insights, Education, M&A, M&A Education & Market
This may not be the first time you’ve ever asked yourself, “Is he/she the one?” However, picking the right investment bank and lead investment banker to represent your potential deal to the marketplace is one of the most critical decisions you'll make in your...
Industry Insights, Education, M&A, M&A Education & Market
Most owners of privately held business do not know if their business is sellable or what to do to achieve an Outlier Outcome at sale. An Ideal exit is one that is on your time, your terms and at your price. In order to help you think about orchestrating your own...
Industry Insights, M&A, M&A Education & Market
During periods of uncertainty, there is what’s called “a flight to quality.” Understandably, buyers of middle-market companies, when faced with rising costs, market uncertainties, lingering supply chain issues, or recession, etc., inherently become more risk-averse...
