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Why ReNew Manufacturing Solutions is Bullish on Precision Machining and Fabrication Companies

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Focus on Profitability and Growth : These two factors drive the highest valuations. Download full article here. Clean Up the Financials : Ensure financial statements are accurate, organized, and easy to explain. Remove personal expenses from business operations, or at least clearly separate them to facilitate buyer diligence.

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Striking the Balance: Key Negotiation Points in Today’s Agreements

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Exclusivity Extensions with Accountability Pegs Exclusivity periods, where sellers agree not to shop the deal elsewhere, are increasingly structured. hitting revenue or profit goals). Buyers like a blanket period such as 90 or 120 days to complete diligence, negotiate the purchase agreement and close.

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Breaking Down the FOCUS Sell-Side Process

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This process allows us to present financial statements in the method nearly all buyers prefer, but more importantly, it allows us to capture the practice’s maximum EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), the key profitability metric used to value dental practices, physician practices, and behavioral health groups.

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Exit Planning Through an Investment Banker’s Lens

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Shifting focus to profitable, reliable customers strengthens cash flowwhat buyers ultimately value. Supplier Diversification If one supplier accounts for >40% of your sourcing, buyers become concerned, especially with risks like tariffs in 2025. Have a conversation with your bookkeeper about the below and hold them accountable.

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How This Dealmaker Closes a Business Acquisition Every Week—WITHOUT Using His Own Money!

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Richmond’s strategy is to shift the conversation from an unrealistic sales price to the actual post-sale cash in the seller’s bank account. Many business owners have inflated expectations about the worth of their business, failing to account for taxes, goodwill miscalculations, and valuation mismatches.

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Investing Principles: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Wins, Losses, and Strikeouts

Mergers and Inquisitions

That said, my annual investment/market updates always get a lot of traffic, so I thought it might be interesting to follow up on this years update with more of an advice article. You can think of this article as What I would tell my 22-year-old self if I could do it all over again.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

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Recruiting is straightforward and much less competitive / time-sensitive than IB roles; you can get in coming from a solid-but-not-top-tier university with decent grades and good accounting knowledge. You need to know about accounting and the financial statements in all these roles, but that’s the main similarity.