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Building Private Businesses Buyers Love To Buy – Live Event

by Ian Smith | Jun 8, 2017

I’m doing a series of workshops in the coming months on Building Private Businesses Buyers Love To Buy. Date: July 20th at 7.30 am. Venue: Brae Burn Country Club. Sponsor: CEO Club of Boston. This is an invitation only event. Email me at Ian@TPPBoston.com on a...

The Portfolio Partnership Creates The Hub

by Ian Smith | Feb 3, 2017

I founded The Portfolio Partnership (TPP) in 2009 to help management fulfill their potential, to scale their business, safely, operationally aligned to their strategy, creating a predictable economic model. I’ve worked with amazing people, dedicated to...

2017 Speaking Calendar

by Ian Smith | Jan 19, 2017

July 20th – Boston – CEO Club of Boston Invites Ian Smith to Speak – Building Businesses Buyers Love To Buy – How To Ace The Saleability Test Fact: There are approximately 28 million enterprises in the U.S. Every year in the U.S. only...

November 2016 – Valuation Gaps & How To Close Them (building businesses buyers love to buy)

by Ian Smith | Nov 15, 2016

COMPLIMENTARY WHITE PAPER You believe your business is worth $70m but the buyer thinks it’s worth $30m. You want to place a pre-money value of $40m on your early stage start up but the investors can’t see past $20m. As the owner of a private company you could always...