Mergers and Acquisitions for Technology Providers
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhen selling, your gross profit margin hugely influences your sale price. Make sure you get it right by avoiding these two common mistakes: incorrectly reporting cost of goods sold and not breaking gross profit margin up line of business.
Avoid These 2 Major Mistakes When Calculating Gross Profit Margin for a TransactionRead More
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen selling your company, you should expect certain seller fees to come out of your final purchase price. Here are the most common, including advisor fees/success fees, attorney fees, CPA fees, tail insurance, and indemnification escrows.
Reading Time: 4 minutesA behind-the-scenes look at my most recently-closed IT M&A deal, that yielded a very high multiple, a short earnout period, and lots of cash at close.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe top 4 aspects that determine a company’s value, along with one that can reduce your value dramatically. Get a start on understanding how to increase your multiples.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you are a business owner thinking about selling in 2023 or later, join our newsletter series, Getting Ready to Sell in 2023. Every Friday for 16 weeks, we’ll send you an email with useful topics and resources based on successful M&A transactions.
Reading Time: 4 minutesMost owners don’t pay themselves a market rate salary. So when it’s time to sell their business , they run into a decision of how to determine their post-sale salary. Here are thoughts and strategies to maximize your take-home value.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat you should know and expect when it comes to indemnification escrows, holdbacks, and baskets (tipping baskets and true deductible baskets) for M&A transactions. These offer security against reps and warranties.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat are representations and warranties? This is a part of the M&A process that can go under the radar, leading to an end-of-process scramble. Learn all you need to know about the process of documenting reps and warranties, including examples and when to start.
Reading Time: 7 minutesI often see sellers question what to include in an NDA for an M&A transaction. Hint: you can’t just use your standard day-to-day NDA. Here are 6 things that must be in your NDA with a prospective buyer.
Reading Time: 4 minutesU.S. middle-market PE firms have seen decreased deal count and value in 2022. Let’s look specifically at M&A activity in the IT sector, and what sellers could expect going forward.
Is the Rise in Interest Rates Impacting M&A in the Technology Sector?Read More
