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  Post Sale

  Post Deal - The Plan for the First 90 Days

  I sat down with Tom Hendrickson, the founder and president of Mitre Media, an online financial media company focused on aggregating a sophisticated audience of...

  By: Cory Janssen

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  Podcast: Planning for Transitional Challenges, an Interview with Jennifer Fondrevay

  About the HostRyan is an entrepreneur, podcast host of the show Life After Business and the co-owner of Solidity Financial. Having personally experienced the hazards of...

  By: Ryan Tansom

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  Sale Process

  Earnouts: The Double-Edged Sword for Sellers

  When a business is finally sold and the cash delivered to its owner, it represents a pinnacle moment; it’s the triumph after a hard-fought ascent. For some, it...

  By: Nate Nead

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  How to Actually Be Good at Merger Integration

  The U.S. just experienced the most active first half of a year in over a decade for middle-market M&A transactions, with 5,260 deals completed. As more and more...

  By: Chad Byers

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  Podcast: Finding Your Purpose in Life and Business, an Interview with Kevin McCarthy

  About the HostRyan is an entrepreneur, podcast host of the show Life After Business and the co-owner of Solidity Financial. Having personally experienced the hazards of...

  By: Ryan Tansom

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  Podcast: I've Sold My Business. Now What? Interview with Cody McLain

  About the HostRyan is an entrepreneur, podcast host of the show Life After Business and the co-owner of Solidity Financial. Having personally experienced the hazards of...

  By: Ryan Tansom

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  Sale Process

  Integration Pacing in Mergers and Acquisitions: Rip the M&A Band-Aid off Fast

  Imagine your cardiologist informing you that your heart/lung transplant was so challenging they were going to do the surgery very slowly and carefully. They would do a...

  By: Robert Sher

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  What to Expect After Closing a Private Equity Deal (Part 3)

  In part one and two of this article series, I explained the changes you should expect upon closing a deal with a private equity firm, including changes associated in an...

  By: Hadley Capital

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  Post Sale

  What to Expect After Closing a Private Equity Deal (Part 2)

  In part one of this article series, I explained the changes you should expect upon closing a deal with a private equity firm, including changes associated in an asset...

  By: Hadley Capital

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  Post Sale

  What to Expect After Closing a Private Equity Deal (Part 1)

  The number one question I get asked by business owners is "How will things change after closing this deal?" Hadley Capital buys businesses with really...

  By: Hadley Capital

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  Sale Process

  Seven Questions for Highly Effective Business Transitions

  In the recent past, I was retained by a Fortune 100 company to participate in seminars given to their leading dealers from around the nation. As I recall, all but two of...

  By: Chris Mercer

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  Maximize Value

  Podcast: Real Economic Value in Driving Corporate Culture

  In this podcast, David Friedman, author of "Fundamentally Different," talks about: How culture can be a real driver of company success; The difference between culture...

  By: Noah Rosenfarb