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M&A Diaries - S2EP6 - Alan Whitman - How Baker Tilly Grew from $500M to $1.5B

How2Exit

Post-retirement, he advises CEOs, writes, and shares his “strategy-first” philosophy—soon to be published in book form. Small deals can be harder than big ones – Smaller firms often have more emotional barriers to M&A, requiring deeper relationship-building upfront. How you build systems.

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How to Sell an IT Business: Everything You Need to Know in Five Minutes

Sun Acquisitions

This is music to the ears of strategic acquirers and private equity firms. Private equity buyers who are after targets with stable cash flows and growth potential. Share essential operational or institutional knowledge to make sure nothing is lost in transition. Employee integration is also a core post-sale goal.

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Leading and Growing a Family Collision Business with Josh and Michelle Fuller

Focus Investment Banking

And so it’s just it’s like building a house. Through a level of efficiencies in relationship building and building culture, we were able to continue to grow the business. Josh, you mentioned something that I noted down along the lines of building the foundation before you build the skyscraper on up.

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Building an Empire - Businesses, Private Equity, And M&A - With Adam Coffey

How2Exit

b' E159: Building an Empire - Businesses, Private Equity, And M&A - With Adam Coffey - Watch Here rn rn _ rn Sponsor: rn rn Reconciled provides industry-leading virtual bookkeeping and accounting services for busy business owners and entrepreneurs across the US.

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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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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). Calculating the Equity Value and the per-share Equity Value - this number would serve as the base case share price valuation.

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Book Review: “Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution: A Handbook for Entrepreneurs” by Uri Levine

Beyond M&A

A Distinctive Voice in the Startup Literature Having had the privilege of delving into countless books on technology, startups, and the philosophy of problem-solving, it’s rare that one resonates deeply and prompts changes to the way you think about product development. He doesn’t dissapoint.