Silicon Valley (and beyond!) Mergers and Acquisitions

Category: Selling a Privately Held Company

Discussions pertaining to the sale of privately held businesses, oriented to the owners and shareholders with a significant stake

Exit and Succession Planning / Mergers & Acquisitions / Selling a Privately Held Company / Value Engineering & Enhancement

Is Your Company Even Saleable? (at Reasonable Price and Terms)

Many owner-operators of small to mid-sized established companies take a “someday I’ll” approach to the idea of divesting their interest in the business, meanwhile contentedly dealing with the comfortable, day-to-day routines of running it....

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Exit and Succession Planning / Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity / Selling a Privately Held Company / Valuation / Value Engineering & Enhancement

Does Your Company Have What It Takes to Interest Private Equity Investors?

Daily, I am contacted by at least one private equity (PE) investor seeking deal flow.  What sort of companies do they seek?  Below is a good, generic example of a middle market private equity...

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Capital Raising / Mergers & Acquisitions / Regulatory Issues / Selling a Privately Held Company

Does Your Company Need an Investment Banker, M&A Advisor, or Business Broker? Consider the Regulatory Implications.

As with so many things, it depends.   Principally, it depends upon whether your company is publicly or privately held, management’s objective, the size of the company and/or its near term growth potential, and management’s...

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Exit and Succession Planning / Family Businesses / Mergers & Acquisitions / Selling a Privately Held Company / Valuation

Be Wary of the Guy Who Says He Wants to Buy Your Company (Part 1)

Almost invariably, private company owners say that they have had a call from someone who has expressed interest in buying the company.  While the inquiry may flatter, probably every owner or majority shareholder of...

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