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Sale Process
How Middle Market Business Acquisitions Are Financed
I have found that many owners of lower mid-market businesses lack adequate knowledge on how a business sale is actually financed by a potential third-party acquirer...
By: John Carvalho | President, Divestopedia Inc.
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Valuation
For High-Tech M&A, Strategic Value is Not Automatic
Wow did I get a real world demonstration of the saying, "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder," recently. If I could rephrase that to the business sale situation it...
By: Dave Kauppi
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Maximize Value
Mezzanine Financing and Investing Explained
Mezzanine financing is an interesting option for investment that can provide you with a new instrument for your portfolio. "Mezzanine" is a word of Italian...
By: Don Lynd
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Sale Process
Getting Ready to Sell: Advice from the Experts
At Divestopedia, we have had the privilege of interviewing some of the best and brightest on the subject of selling a mid-market business. Here are some of our favorite...
By: Jeremy Azzarita
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Valuation
Valuing the Growth Rate in the Sale of a Technology Company
In the sale of privately held businesses, there seems to be no mechanism, and certainly no attempt on the part of buyers, to account for the selling company's growth...
By: Dave Kauppi
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Pre Sale
Podcast: After Helping 500,000 Entrepreneurs, Jay Turo Has Advice for You
In this podcast, Jay Turo, co-founder and CEO of Growthink, talks about:Challenges of selling a lower mid-market business to an owner-operator;Importance of building a...
By: Noah Rosenfarb
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Pre Sale
Is Your Management Team the Right Exit Channel for You?
As an integral part of any well-prepared equity divestiture strategy, you should explore and vet out each of your available exit channels. Doing so allows you to select...
By: Scott Yoder
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Sale Process
Avoiding the Exclusive Negotiations Trap
We often hear business owners say, “A competitor just approached me about buying my business. I’ll just sit down with him and cut a deal.” The assumption is that this...
By: Paris Aden
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Pre Sale
How to Find the Ever Elusive Proprietary Deal
We listened to ParkerGale's Private Equity Fundcast episode on deal flow the other day and found their discussion on deal sourcing insightful. Every PE claims to have...
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Pre Sale
How to Perform a Successful Competitor Analysis (and Use it to Your Advantage) to Maximize Value
Two essential driving factors of determining business valuation area company’s growth potential and its competitive landscape. Both of these elements are detrimental to...
By: Kevin Ramsier
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Maximize Value
Podcast: How to Increase the Probability of a Successful Exit
In this podcast, Dr. Basil Peters, author of "Early Exits," talks about: What are the biggest mistakes when you’re selling your company; The importance of having an exit...
By: Noah Rosenfarb
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Sale Process
Forewarning on Proprietary Deals
What is a Proprietary Deal?In a recent conversation with a partner in a private equity firm, he mentioned that a recent deal had been a proprietary deal. I had not heard...
By: Chris Mercer
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