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The Surprising Value of Being the Best in the World

by Ian Smith | Apr 15, 2011 | Being the Best, Compelling Stories, Exiting your business, Management Help, Repositioning

“Our culture celebrates superstars. We reward the product or the song or the organization or the employee that is number one. The rewards are heavily skewed , so much so that it’s typical for #1 to get ten times the benefit of #10, and a hundred times the...

Documenting the Earn-Out – Leverage Counts – Guest Post from Tim Bowers of K&L Gates LLP

by Ian Smith | Dec 17, 2010 | Acquisitions, Exiting your business, Selling, Valuation

As a follow-up to his November 26, 2010 installment of The Smith Report (entitled Buying a Company – Great time to deploy Earn-Outs), Ian asked me to take a deeper dive into the legal documentation of earn-out provisions in the M&A context. The earn-out is, as Ian...

Checklist for Maximizing Post Tax Exit Proceeds – Required Time, 5 Years

by Ian Smith | Sep 16, 2009 | Buy-outs, Compelling Stories, Exiting your business, Maximize exit proceeds, Positioning drives growth, Selling, Strategic buyers, Strategy

The US Census Bureau considers baby boomers to be those born between 1946 and 1964 or aged 45 to 63 in today’s currency! Many of these folk own businesses and will want to realize their life’s work over the next 5 years. A remarkable few will achieve their goal. Below...