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For owners of private businesses · $5M to $50M

A buyer already has a number on your business. Want to see it?

Free, from an M&A firm: what buyers pay, what they cut, where you're weak.

Check my business · 12 minutes
The kitchen table where the deal died The deal died in week eleven.

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We're an M&A firm. We make money when owners hire us for the deep workup or to run a deal.

Owners who understand how buyers think make better clients. That's the whole model.

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The Ten Questions, the check, an Off-Market Method cover
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The 12-Minute Check

Ten questions. Find where your number is weak.

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What Buyers Pay

Four numbers from the reports deal teams pay for.

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Deals That Died

Real deals that fell apart, and why.

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The Quarterly Email

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6.1×
the going rate buyers paid for businesses your size
1 in 3
deals gets its price cut after the handshake
90-120
days between the handshake and the wire
Ron Smith
Who built this

Ron Smith grew up in the business this is for. His family runs an HVAC company; he spent ten years on Wall Street watching buyers price companies like theirs.

This is what he wished those owners had.

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Check my business · 12 min · Free