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Michael D. Rubin
Your Next Season
The founder on his experience, and on how a sale with MDR is actually run.
What it costs
Our fee is a success fee. If we do not sell it, you owe nothing.
Almost no advisory firm publishes this. We would rather you read it here than have to ask.
Success fee only
Nothing owed if we do not close
There is an industry-standard success fee if and when your company sells. If we do not complete a transaction, you owe us nothing.
Ask what it would cost →or call (855) 637-2776
5.0 from 43 Google reviews100% performance based
Our fee structure is 100% performance based. There is an industry-standard success fee if and when we sell your company. If we fail to complete a transaction, you will owe us nothing.
That is not a marketing position, it is a filter. It means we only take an engagement we believe will close, and it means our interests and yours point in exactly the same direction from the first meeting to the wiring of funds.
The exact percentage depends on the size of the transaction — larger transactions carry a lower rate — and is set out in the engagement letter before you sign anything.
What the fee covers
- The confidential marketing package and financial recast
- Professionally produced HD marketing video
- Access to our buyer, capital-group and private-equity database
- Blind listings on the major business-for-sale marketplaces
- Buyer screening, NDAs and financial qualification
- All negotiation, through to closing and funds wired
What a seller pays for separately
So there are no surprises: these are the costs that sit outside our fee.
| Cost | Who provides it | When |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction attorney | Your own counsel; we work alongside them | From letter of intent onward |
| Accounting and tax advice | Your CPA or a specialist we can introduce | Before market, and at closing |
| Formal third-party valuation | An accredited appraiser, if you want one | Optional, before going to market |
| Pre-exit consulting | Our consulting division, if you engage it | 12–24 months before a sale |
Fee questions we are asked
Is there an upfront or retainer fee?
Our sell-side engagements are success-fee based. Where a formal valuation or a pre-exit consulting engagement is involved, those are separate services with their own scope and price, agreed in writing first.
How is the fee calculated?
As a percentage of the total transaction value, on an industry-standard scale that falls as the transaction grows. It is stated in the engagement letter, not left to be discussed at closing.
What happens if I take the company off the market?
The engagement letter runs for a defined period and sets out exactly what happens if you withdraw. We will walk you through that clause line by line before you sign it — it is the clause sellers most often wish they had read.
Do you charge buyers a fee?
We represent one side of a transaction. Where we act for a buyer under a buy-side engagement, that is a separate arrangement, disclosed to everyone involved.
What the fee buys
Proof, on camera
The people this actually happened to
Owners and advisors on film, by name, saying what the process was like.
No cost, no obligation
Start with a conversation, not a commitment
Three short steps, and only the last one is required. The questions before it are what let an advisor come back with a real answer instead of a call asking for one.
Or call (855) 637-2776 and speak to somebody who has sold companies.
- A reply the same business day
- Confidential — nothing reaches your employees, customers or competitors
- No obligation to list, engage or continue