Discover why 2024 is shaping up to be a prime year for selling your business. Learn about increased private equity interest, available capital, and key strategies to maximize your exit.

Search funds are led by entrepreneurs seeking to buy and run a single business. However, their inexperience and reliance on external funding can result in failed deals. Sellers should vet these buyers carefully to avoid risks.

Explore the rise of search funds in business acquisitions and learn key tips for sellers to navigate this new trend effectively.

As founders consider exiting their businesses, it's crucial to understand the landscape of potential buyers, which can broadly be categorized into strategic and financial types.

As founders consider exiting their businesses, it's crucial to understand the landscape of potential buyers, which can broadly be categorized into strategic and financial types.

Without multiple interested parties, you're stuck being a terms taker instead of a terms maker. But fear not! There's hope on the horizon.

Have you been told you have a nice "lifestyle" business by some glib deal world type? To heck with those guys, you have more options. Maybe lots of them! Give us a few minutes and we might make or save you Millions. Maybe More!

There are a few terms you need to know to find the right buyer.

Knowing the terms can mean the difference between an ideal exit or one you'll regret long after you learned the differences.

What does Taylor Swift's business war with Scooter Braun have to do with selling your company?

If you're a founder of a successful private business, the "Finance Bros" will be calling soon, if they haven't already been in touch.

A 3 minute update on how buyers are changing their tactics in the current environment - might just save or make you millions!

Independent Sponsors, previously referred to as "fundless sponsors" and alternatives like search funds and SPACs make it increasingly difficult for selling owners to…

Who's going to buy your business when it's time to retire or move on? Should you sell to a private equity firm? What's a "strategic buyer"? How about these "family offices" that buy companies? Search funds? SPACS? We break it down for you here.

If you're a founder thinking about selling your business in the near term or even in a few years, you need to see and hear this...might save your transaction or even make or save you $Millions in proceeds and deal costs.

Strategic Buyers are Always Better, Right?

Many Founders ask, should I sell to Private Equity? The answer, paradoxically, may have more to do with your goals than valuation…

Founders that are in YPO or Vistage, or one of these other wonderful support organizations that help you and your fellow founders and CEOs get together and discuss really tough issues and learnings and best practices.

If you're a founder, and you've started to clarify the difference between private equity and venture capital, some of the ways financial sponsors try to differentiate themselves will be confusing and frustrating. Here's a quick primer!

Founders often ask us what investment bankers and M&A professionals mean when they talk about all the "dry powder out there". And maybe more importantly, why it should matter to them. Here’s a quick primer on why this might matter to you…