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How much equity should you give away when taking investment for growth?

Growth Business

The stake will depend directly on the amount you want to raise compared to your business’s total valuation. In my experience, with eight years as a mid-market M&A advisor, SMEs traditionally trade for between four and seven times their profitability.

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Know Your Insurance Agency: Purchase Price Calculations

Sica Fletcher

Determine EBITDA Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) is used as a measure of the profitability of an insurance agency while adding back interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization - all of which will vary depending on the circumstances of the new owner.

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07-04-2023 Newsletter: July 4th PE Platform Sale!

OfficeHours

small boutique) “ Last thing you want to be is STUCK in a DOWN-CYCLE being a banking analyst thinking I should’ve recruited before when there were more opportunities.” Celebrating 5 Years of Placements (2020-2024) – Empowering Dreams and Unlocking Opportunities! I can’t imagine going through it without Office Hours.” (EB)

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Helping Business Owners Achieve Successful Exits: Proven Strategies for a Smooth Transition

How2Exit

E234: Helping Business Owners Achieve Successful Exits: Proven Strategies for a Smooth Transition - Watch Here About the Guest(s): Christine McDannell is the founder and principal intermediary of The Magnolia Firm, a boutique business brokerage firm.

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Should I Sell My Insurance Agency?

Sica Fletcher

While we’ve already written extensively on the process of insurance agency valuation , the following sections focus on what to look for in the earliest stages of considering a sale - in other words, what deciding factors to look for to determine whether you should sell your agency. What Documents Do I Need? Indicators of Scalability.

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When It’s Time to Sell Your Business, an Experienced Team of Trusted Advisors is a Must

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

They prepare a business valuation (which tells you what the company is worth), market your business to buyers, facilitate meetings between your management and the buyers’, negotiate with finalists, manage the rigorous due diligence process, and coordinate with the rest of your team.

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2024 Insurance M&A Transactions: What To Expect

Sica Fletcher

With such a high level of competition, they face the double-edged sword of higher overall valuations vs. a relatively smaller initial payout as equity becomes an increasingly larger percentage of buyer offers. This has led to very high valuation multiples (~11.5x Senior Attention.

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