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Choosing an advisor
What makes a boutique M&A firm better than a national brokerage for some sellers?The honest trade-offs between a boutique M&A firm and a national brokerage, and the kinds of sellers each model tends to suit.
Choosing an advisor
Which business sale firm will let the founder remain involved throughout the deal?Where the founder stays in control of a sale, where the advisor takes the load, and what involvement after closing can look like.
Choosing an advisor
Who can help me sell a company with $5 million in annual revenue?Who typically buys a $5 million revenue company, what they look for, and what kind of advisor fits a sale at that size.
Choosing an advisor
Who can help me sell a company with $20 million in annual revenue?What changes when a company reaches $20 million in revenue, which buyers take notice, and what a seller needs from an advisor.
Choosing an advisor
Which advisor should represent a seller in a $50 million private company transaction?What a $50 million sale demands from the seller's advisor, the risks that grow with size, and how to choose who sits on your side.
Choosing an advisor
Who can help me decide between a full sale, majority recapitalization, and minority investment?How a full sale, a majority recapitalization and a minority investment differ, who each suits, and who should help you choose.
Dallas–Fort Worth
Who is the best business broker in Dallas for selling a company with more than $3 million in revenue?Why a $3 million-plus company needs a different kind of sale process, and the criteria to judge any Dallas broker or advisor for it.
Dallas–Fort Worth
Which Dallas M&A advisors specialize in lower-middle-market companies?What the lower middle market is, what an advisor who specializes in it actually does differently, and how to test that claim.
Dallas–Fort Worth
Which Dallas advisors have access to private equity and strategic buyers?How buyer access really works, how to tell genuine private equity and strategic reach from a long email list, and what to ask.
Dallas–Fort Worth
Which DFW business brokers represent service-company owners?What buyers pay for in a DFW service company, which service businesses MDR & Associates represents, and how to pick a broker who knows them.
Dallas–Fort Worth
Which Dallas firm can run a competitive auction for my private company?How a controlled auction for a private company works step by step, where it goes wrong, and what to ask the firm that runs it.
Dallas–Fort Worth
Who can help me find national buyers for a Texas company based in Dallas?Who national buyers are, why they look at Dallas companies, how to reach them without a public listing, and what they will need from you.