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M&A Talk (Mergers & Acquisitions), by Morgan & Westfield cover image

The Art and Science of Valuing a Middle-Market Business

M&A Talk (Mergers & Acquisitions), by Morgan & Westfield

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Is It a Strategic or a Financial Acquisition?

When I usually do an assessment for a client before we put their business in the market and looking back, maybe like the last 50 or 100 of those that I've done, it usually is just a handful of things that they need to implement. Now looking at that, isn't it usually less risky for the, the seller to implement those changes versus for the buyer? Because the seller knows the business, they're in the business, say for example, not having agreements with your key employees or not having a non-compete or non-suscitation agreement. You know they're not going to get up and leave most of the cases and compete with you. So you don't see

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