Sean & Susan - M&A Investment Bankers

On this episode of Everyday M&A, we hear from Susan Miller and Sean Mirzabegian, two investment bankers with over 15 years of experience each. Susan and Sean share with us:
- When to bring on an investment banker vs. business broker
- What typically motivates younger business owners to sell their business
- How M&A for lower middle market is affected by economic downturns
- How debt markets impact company valuations
- Whether they’re seeing more financial or strategic buyers right now
- What buyer type (financial or strategic) is more likely to keep a management team on post-acquisition
- The tradeoff of going with a strategic acquirer
- How to prepare to sell to a strategic vs. financial buyer
- What are some unobvious motivations of financial and strategic buyers
- The risk business owners take trying to run an M&A process on their own
- What can kill a deal
- What is a Quality of Earnings and why is it important
- What due diligence should sellers do of their acquirers
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[@pablovasconez5911]

great talk,

[@store.avallone]

Hi, I'm front Brasil. I'm M&A broker working for NexB. Our target is within 1 and 10 million dollars companies. We look for partnerships in USA. Is it possible to exchange oportunities?