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Exit Planning Through an Investment Banker’s Lens

Focus Investment Banking

Shifting focus to profitable, reliable customers strengthens cash flowwhat buyers ultimately value. Clean Up the Financials Five years of clear, consistent books build trustno formal audit needed, just detail. Consistently book expenses to the appropriate line item.

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How Mike Lampert Grew New England Truck Center Through Acquisitions

Focus Investment Banking

Mike Lampert: Right now our main focus, I mean we do towing heavy truck repair, we build and sell tow trucks. You know one’s through new products and services or in in kind of I guess adding locations and then another way is through buying those profits or buying those new products and services or buying those new customers.

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Bill Black on Scaling National Fleet Management

Focus Investment Banking

We’re scratching our heads and we, we looked and we’re like, man, we’re an independent repair shop with a Volvo sign on the building. So, you know, the game of growth and building to me is fun and it also allows me to attract high caliber team members that want to build because my dream has to be bigger than yours.

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Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report

Cisco: M&A

Skip to content Cisco Blogs / Security / Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report July 7, 2025 Leave a Comment Security Cisco Contributes to Cyber Hard Problems Report 6 min read Aamer Akhter While Cisco often focuses on business growth and market leadership, our most rewarding work happens when we set those metrics aside.

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

Francine Way

Build proforma income statement and balance sheet. The 5th step in DCF is to build the proforma income statement and balance sheet, using the proforma assumptions, forecast horizon, and the growth stage selected from the previous step. Derive proforma assumptions from the target’s normalized historical statements.

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Ready to Sell Your HVAC Business?

Sun Acquisitions

Whatever your motivation for selling, we’re sure you want a seamless transition in which you walk away with a decent profit from the sale. Future profit margins. Once you’ve done this, you can move on to the next step – organizing your books in preparation for business valuation. Client base. Annual Maintenance contracts.

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13 Concepts You and I Can Learn About Buying and Selling Businesses From How2Exit's Interview With Dr. Chris Daigle

How2Exit

His advice is to start small and build up to bigger returns. This way, entrepreneurs can build up their resources and make sure they have the financial security they need before jumping into bigger deals. By starting small and building up to bigger returns, entrepreneurs can get the experience they need to succeed in the long run.