Business Owners Anatomy of an Earnout An earnout represents just one of many contractual provisions structuring the sale of a business. That sounds pedestrian enough at…
Business Owners 6 Clauses to Negotiate in the Investment Banking Engagement Letter The investment banking engagement letter is the official representation of your company’s relationship with your M&A advisor or investment bank,…
Advisors 6 M&A Bankers Break Down Their Deal Fees (Virtual Roundtable) Earlier this year, we published the 2021-22 M&A Fee Guide in partnership with Firmex on the state of investment banking fees.…
Advisors A Window Into The Private World Of M&A Fees What’s a fair price for advice on acquisitions of small and medium-sized companies (SMBs)? It’s hard to get a data-driven…
Business Owners How to Make Your Most Valuable Asset Even More Valuable What is the most valuable asset of your business? Believe it or not, it’s not your real estate or your…
Business Owners The Trick to Selling your Business: Think Like an Investor When Stephen Adele and his four co-founders sold an 80% controlling interest in QuickBox Fulfillment to Pike Street Capital in…
Under Appreciated Key to Healthcare Acquisition Success: Staff Retention Acquisitions are increasingly a way of life in the healthcare industry. Yet one of the most essential factors for achieving…
Business Owners Target Practice: Finding the Right Buyer is Tricky Business There’s no doubt that the M&A landscape in the lower middle market has changed and is a vague resemblance of…
Business Owners How Will Selling Your Company to an ESOP Affect Your Role as Founder/CEO? If you are considering selling your company to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), you may have questions about how…
