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The Private Equity Perspective on Acquiring, Operating, and Selling Software Companies

In The Trenches

CHAPTER

The Importance of a Critical Component in a Growth Equity Investment

When I sell my business, all of my risk is off the table the day the deal closes. That's probably the biggest myth about selling your business. Most transactions don't have a critical component of the team with the ability to sell everything kind of free and clear. And vice versa, you as the seller are going to have some amount of interest or stake with me. The partnership really matters. If you're selling 51%, the partnership still really matters. You're selling 90%. The partnership matters, but less than if you sold 51% - it's just not black and white.

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