Exiting your business | The Portfolio Partnership

Are You a Driver or a Passenger?

by Ian Smith | Nov 8, 2023 | Compelling Stories, Competitive analysis, Saleability Test

As the owner of a private company, are you in charge of your own destiny or are you sitting in the passenger seat? Perhaps you’re tired? Or perhaps you have lost interest in the cause that got you so excited, all those years ago? Whatever the reason it is never too...

What Your Investment Bank Can’t Do For Your Exit

by Ian Smith | Nov 17, 2013 | Exiting your business

I built two investment banks in London both focused at small to mid-market transactions, working approximately, in the $10m to $100m deal range. Prior to that I helped turnaround a division of Thomson Reuters in the 80s and led the disposal project to Reed, for...

10 Scary Facts About Exiting Your Business

by Ian Smith | Apr 8, 2011 | Exiting your business, Strategic buyers, Strategy, Valuation

I’ve been talking to Tom Deans (best-selling family business book) and John Leonetti (Great book – Exiting Your Business, Protecting Your Wealth) about the renewed interest in exit planning. The next 5 years are an unreasonably important time to be...