Do you think private equity will be interested in buying your company?
This journal is designed to help you understand the private equity sales process. Use this journal to gauge how attractive your company is to private equity now or will be in the future. The journal will also help you improve your business whether you sell or not, because the criteria that private equity firms look for generally improve cash-flow and value overall.
The journal will familiarize you with how private equity thinks, what firms look for, and most importantly, how you should think about a private equity exit. You will gain a good level of comfort when considering or entering the world of private equity. The more you understand the private equity sales process, the more likely you will enjoy a successful exit. So, will the private equity firms really be interested in buying your company? This self-guided journal will familiarize you with how private equity thinks about valuations, management, and growth.
More important than learning how private equity views a company, this journal will help you gauge how interested they will be and identify what areas you need to improve to sell your company. The journal offers examples and exercises to guide the reader through the sales process and help you to prepare for a successful exit.
Who is this book for:
• Owners that want to sell their company to private equity (PE)
• Executives that want to learn the process around selling to private equity and how it really works
• Owners and executives that want to make the same changes to their company that private equity will make, but who want to do it before they sell so that they can enjoy the benefit of increased profitability and valuation
• Owners and executives that want to learn how to get the most value out of the business
By the end of the journal, you will understand:
• The private equity process
• How your business is viewed by private equity and how to view your company through that lens
• The timing of when to sell
• The valuation of your business and how to better position your company