Sell-side M&A advisory
Helping owners sell well — and buyers get chosen.
Most owners sell a business once. The preparation that decides what a buyer pays starts three to five years earlier. Start with a complimentary, confidential valuation and an honest answer about where your company stands today.
Not sure which of those you are? Answer a few questions and we will work it out together.
- Confidential by default
- NDA-protected listings
- Independent professional network
- No obligation, no cost to start
For owners
The best time to prepare for a sale is before you are ready to sell
Buyers do not simply purchase revenue. They evaluate profitability, risk, growth potential, management depth, customer concentration, recurring revenue, systems, capital requirements — and how much of the company walks out of the door with you.
Two businesses producing identical earnings routinely receive very different offers. The gap is rarely a mystery, and it is usually fixable with time.
- A complimentary valuation, so you know the number you are working from
- A clear read on what is driving — or limiting — that value
- A plan for the three to five years before you go to market
- Introductions to specialists when a gap needs one
For buyers
Sixty NDAs. Six offers. Most buyers never got looked at.
On a recent listing, more than sixty buyers signed an NDA inside two weeks and six letters of intent arrived at or above an aggressive asking price.
Plenty of other buyers were willing to pay that price. They were passed over because they could not act — no M&A attorney to produce an LOI promptly, no banking relationship or pre-qualification, no personal financial statement or bio to show how strong they actually were.
- A buyer bio that explains why a seller should choose you
- A personal financial statement, ready before it is requested
- Lending relationships and a pre-qualification in hand
- An M&A attorney identified before you need one
Reach
The right buyer is rarely the one who answers an advert
Most good businesses never appear on a public listing site, and most serious buyers are not browsing one. They are already on file — with somebody. Over years of transactions this practice and its advisory network have built exactly that: a standing list of active buyers and sellers, and the relationships to reach the ones who never advertise.
Buyers already on file
People who have told us precisely what they want — industry, size, geography, and the capital behind it. When something fits, they hear about it before it is marketed, and often before it is listed at all.
The advisory network
Attorneys, lenders, CPAs, brokers, wealth advisors and industry specialists. Between them they meet more genuine acquirers in a month than any advertisement reaches in a year — and a referred buyer arrives already qualified.
Sellers who will never list
Plenty of owners will sell to the right buyer but will not put their company on a website where staff and competitors can find it. Those businesses move through relationships. If you are buying, that is the half of the market you cannot search for.
Getting on the list costs nothing and stays confidential — whether you are years from selling or still deciding what you want to buy.
Opportunities
Businesses for sale
Between listings right now
Good businesses are usually spoken for quickly, and the best ones never reach a public listing at all. Tell us what you are looking for and you will hear about it first.
Register your search criteriaThe network
A transaction needs more than an advisor
We do not pretend to be the expert in every area. When specialised help is needed, you are connected to professionals who do this work every day — and the introduction is championed, not just handed over.
Brokers
Co-brokerage and referral relationships that widen the pool of buyers a listing actually reaches.
Operations & growth strategists
The work that raises what a buyer pays: margins, systems, reporting, and reducing owner dependence.
M&A attorneys
Letters of intent, purchase agreements, reps and warranties, covenants.
Acquisition lenders
Conventional and SBA financing, pre-qualification, equity requirements.
Transaction CPAs
Quality of earnings, deal structure, and the tax side of asset versus stock.
Wealth, insurance & real estate
What the proceeds need to do afterwards, the coverage a lender requires, and the building if there is one.
Insights
Worth reading before you decide anything
Profitable Is Not the Same as Valuable
Buyers price earnings, risk and transferability together. Two businesses with identical profit can be worth dramatically differen…
5 min read
FinancingCan a Buyer Actually Finance Your Business?
Financeability decides how many qualified buyers can realistically compete for your company. It is a separate question from profi…
4 min read
BuyingWhy Prepared Buyers Win Deals
On an attractive listing you will not be the only interested buyer. Sellers are evaluating the buyer behind the offer as carefull…
5 min read
Frequently asked
Questions owners ask first
What does a business valuation cost?
Nothing. The initial valuation and the consultation that goes with it are complimentary and confidential. It is how nearly every seller relationship here begins.
How long before a sale should I start preparing?
Ideally three to five years. That is enough time to improve profitability, reduce risk, build a management layer and clean up reporting — the changes that actually move the number a buyer will pay.
My business is small. Is it still worth talking?
Yes. The focus is companies worth roughly $2M to $50M, but a valuation is available to any owner looking for sound advice. If the right help sits elsewhere in the professional network, we will point you to it.
Will anyone find out my business is for sale?
Not from us. Listings are published as blind profiles with no company name or address, and buyer identity is qualified before an NDA is countersigned and details are released.
What size businesses do you work with?
Typically companies worth $2M to $50M, which usually means revenue well above $2M. Owners outside that range are still welcome to a valuation and a referral.
How is my information handled?
It is used to respond to your inquiry and nothing else. It is never sold, never shared with foreign entities and never used for unsolicited marketing. See the privacy policy for the full statement.
Start with a valuation. It costs nothing.
You do not need to be ready to sell to have the conversation — in fact it is better if you are not. A confidential valuation tells you where the business stands today and what would change that number.