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A New Era of Entrepreneurship – Building Exit-Ready Businesses

by Ian Smith | Sep 27, 2024 | Acquisitions, Exiting your business

For decades, acquisitions of private companies were seen to be a failure most of the time, and that was from the acquirer’s perspective. Research cited in HBR and most popular business magazines claimed 70% to 90% failure rates. It was a graveyard of dreams. But...

Reimagining The Exit Process – Building Businesses Buyers Love To Buy

by Ian Smith | Aug 27, 2024 | Entrepreneurship, Exiting your business

During the next three years many companies across the globe will come to market to exit with the help of an Investment Bank and most will be disappointed with the results. Many will receive an underwhelming offer, many will not receive any offer at all, and many will...

Entrepreneurship

by Ian Smith | Jul 9, 2024 | Uncategorized

40 years scaling 17 businesses teaches you some hard lessons. Here are a few on 7 slides. I hope it saves you time. Entrepreneurship Ian@TPPBoston.com Ian Smith is the founder of The Portfolio Partnership, a Value Creation Company. We build businesses buyers love to...

Get Ahead of AI

by Ian Smith | Jul 1, 2024 | AI

The power of AI is no longer reserved for the world’s biggest brands, and incorporating AI as a foundational component of your marketing operations is no longer optional. Knowing this, many of our clients have reached out to us asking where to begin. You called, we...

The Essence of M&A

by Ian Smith | Jun 20, 2024 | Acquisitions

As the volume of M&A picks up, it’s always worth a quick recap of what’s important. The research still points to failure between 50% to 70% of the time. I thought you might enjoy the Essence of M&A in 6 slides. M&A in 6 slides Stay in touch....