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Unveiling the Secrets of Main Street M&A: Insider Tips from M&A Veteran Carl Allen

How2Exit

b' E212: Unveiling the Secrets of Main Street M&A: Insider Tips from M&A Veteran Carl Allen - Watch Here rn rn About the Guest(s): rn Carl Allen is a seasoned mergers and acquisitions (M&A) professional with over 30 years of experience. He actively invests in and funds student deals through his private equity fund.

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How Will ChatGPT Change M&A?

Midaxo

The introduction of ChatGPT and GPT-4 marks a significant transformation in the way all types of ‘knowledge work’, including M&A and corporate development, will be carried out. For example, take the following prompt: “How could <company name> create value through M&A?”

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12 Concepts We Can Learn From MID Market M&A to use on SMBs from How2Exit's Interview W/ John Carvalho

How2Exit

Their team is experienced in M&A, and they hire the best talent available. Corporate acquirers have advantages in terms of trust and the ability to execute acquisition strategies. He emphasizes the need to avoid spreading oneself too thin and instead concentrate on building expertise in a specific area.

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M&A Blog #19 – valuation (Leveraged Buy Out - LBO)

Francine Way

While this method is not usually used by strategic acquirers (corporations) to justify their offers, savvy strategic acquirers do perform the analysis to figure out what a PE competitor in an auction environment would be willing to pay for a target. The major steps of LBO are: Building the Sources and Uses tables.

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Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning

TechCrunch: M&A

After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition and getting some investment to expand its reach and technology to serve the market of corporate online learning. Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8

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M&A Blog #16 – valuation (Discounted Cash Flow)

Francine Way

Build proforma income statement and balance sheet. As I mentioned in my last post, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) is a valuation method that uses free cash flow projections, a discount rate, and a growth rate to find the present value estimate of a potential investment. Derive Free Cash Flow to Firm (FCFF).

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10 Things You and I Can Learn about M&A and Entrepreneurship from Our Interview of Jeanette Holm - Award Winning Entrepreneur

How2Exit

With fifteen years of experience starting, growing, buying, and selling businesses, Jeanette is passionate about building value in a business through innovation and empowering people. Ron Concept 1: Start Small, Dream Big When it comes to starting a business, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the thought of the potential risks and obstacles.

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