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Time Spent Professionalizing Your Financials Could Mean More Money When you Sell Your Company
As a founder, it’s important to understand how investing your time, energy, and yes, money when planning your exit or capital event will produce significant ROI for you, your company, and your family. Check out the latest from Kirk to learn more about where to invest those precious resources once you’ve gotten clear on your WHY
Death by a Thousand Cuts
Contemplating the sale of your company? Beware endless requests for information from financial sponsors, like private equity firms or funds. Not only does this outreach distract you from working on your business, but it is rarely fruitful and also feels like death by a thousand cuts.
Deal Killers & FOMO
If you're a founder on a path toward selling your business soon, these three minutes will help you save hundreds or thousands and maybe even millions!
Multiples haven’t come down…at least not yet!
If you're a founder in the middle of a sale, or contemplating going to market soon, many 'savvy' buyers will tell you that multiples have come down so prices are lower.
Different Buyer Types in M&A Transactions
Independent Sponsors, previously referred to as "fundless sponsors" and alternatives like search funds and SPACs make it increasingly difficult for selling owners to…
Important Terms To Know When Selling A Company
Looking at the 4 most important terms to know when selling your business: Valuation, EBITDA, Structure, & Diligence. Each of these serve it’s own important purpose in the sale of a company and we’ll define them in detail.
Is the Window To Sell Closing?
For founders thinking about selling their companies, we're fielding a lot of questions about whether they've missed their window. The answer depends a bit more now on market/buyer sentiment and their need for bank/mezzanine financing, yet still mostly on the businesses' transferability of economics and the founders' WHY in selling.
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