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How to Sell a Business in Puerto Rico (Without Losing Your Mind or Millions)

How2Exit

E285: How to Sell a Business in Puerto Rico (Without Losing Your Mind or Millions) - Watch Here About the Guest: Francisco Uriarte is Managing Partner at Connelly Capital, a Puerto Rico-based M&A advisory firm. Pre-sale readiness is underrated – Many businesses, especially sub-$3M in revenue, don’t keep formal books.

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Automattic acquires relationship manager Clay to add an identity layer to online tools

TechCrunch: M&A

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Clay had so far raised over $9 million in venture capital from investors like General Catalyst and Forerunner Ventures. Clay also lets you add notes to address book entries, so you can note how and when you met, or the names of their kids, for instance.

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Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning

TechCrunch: M&A

First, it is snapping up Blinkist , a startup out of Berlin that had built a platform to discover and read abbreviated versions of longer non-fiction books — “Blinks” that typically take no more than 15 minutes to read or listen to. Seim is far from concerned about this, though. Key insights have always been a commodity.”

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Book Review: “Lost and Founder” by Rand Fishkin

Beyond M&A

It’s this transparency that not only builds trust in his message but also sets a real, relatable tone for the reader. Navigating Startup Growth: Offering insight into the hurdles and setbacks Moz faced, the book emphasizes that growth is not always smooth or guaranteed.

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M&A Blog #17 – valuation (Comparable Company)

Francine Way

Building the proforma income statement, proforma balance sheet, and Free Cash Flow to Firm (FCFF). Calculating cost of debt, cost of equity, and weighted average cost of capital (WACC). The multiples calculation then proceeded as follow: Market Capitalization = Share Price * Fully-diluted Shares Outstanding.

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Xetra expands new retail trading offering with ETFs service

The TRADE

Given the recent surge of retail investor activity in Germany and other European countries, our new retail execution service addresses the growing demand for efficient capital market access at the right time, a Deutsche Brse spokesperson told The TRADE. If this cannot be achieved, then orders are executed at least at the current Xetra price.

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7 Things I Learned from Lana Coronado - Author and Chair for MBH who have acquired 25 companies in less than 2 years.

How2Exit

Lana also co-authored a book about investing in real businesses. The book covers the steps that can be taken to make a business worth buying, such as understanding the market, preparing for the sale, and understanding the legal aspects of the transaction. Concept 3: Network to build relationships.