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Setting Yourself Up for Success: Essential Steps, Tips, and Strategies for a Profitable Exit

How2Exit

E248: Setting Yourself Up for Success: Essential Steps, Tips, and Strategies for a Profitable Exit - Watch Here About the Guest(s): Kip Wallen is a seasoned M&A attorney with over a decade of experience in live mergers and acquisitions deals, primarily within the lower middle market, involving transactions up to $50 million.

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Bill Snow: From Sales to Mergers and Acquisitions Expert -E149

How2Exit

rn Visit [link] rn _ rn About The Guest(s): Bill Snow is an author and mid-market investment banker with over 20 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions. He is the author of "Mergers and Acquisitions for Dummies" and has worked on various transactions in the middle market space.

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What are the key financial metrics buyers look for in a software company?

iMerge Advisors

The most common methodologies include: EBITDA Multiples : Often used for mature, profitable software businesses. Revenue Multiples : Common for high-growth SaaS companies, especially those reinvesting heavily in growth and not yet profitable. Profitability and Cash Flow While growth is important, buyers also value efficient operations.

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The Benefits of a Sell-Side Quality of Earnings

Focus Investment Banking

The buyer negotiates critical price reductions after finding issues in the internal financial statements. At a base level, buyers want to get as much comfort from the financials before submitting an offer and closing the transaction.

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Tire Dealer Survival Guide: How to Keep Your Deal Alive When Selling Your Business

Focus Investment Banking

A private deal network that covers the lower middle market in the United States and Canada, Axial investigated 47 transactions across a variety of industries. A recent survey of investment bankers on the Axial platform found that fewer than 25% of sellers are prepared to sell when they go to market. Be transparent about them.

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What you need to know before selling business

Focus Investment Banking

You’ve spent years, if not decades, building your firm and working in the trenches to maximize revenue and profits, and now you’re at an inflection point. You should be ready to provide accurate, detailed and up-to-date financial statements, key performance metrics, tax returns, contracts, employee records, and many other important documents.

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Selling Your Business? Recognize the Three Types of Business Buyers

IBG

In middle-market business sales, the value of the deal and the path to a successful closing are shaped in large part by a factor that many sellers underestimate: the type of buyer that is evaluating your company. They have financial strength and liquidity. The Word on the Street. They might buy your business in its entirety.