The Leveraged Buyer
Despite the ability to bootstrap deals, which still exists today, the best deals will probably be in the middle range.
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Too Much Capital For Private Equity?
The theme of the Bain report is “capital superabundance”. Which actually could have been the theme going back 25 years to when private equity gained traction in the early nineties. Too much capital is always a problem, but probably never more so than now.
Read MoreDCF vs SDCF vs SDE vs OB vs EBITDA vs Adjusted EBITDA vs EBIT vs NOI
Let’s say we want to examine earnings of a company in a pitifully simple way. Here is the important question. Do we want to examine the earnings before or after we pay somebody to run the company? The difference is very significant when valuing the company.
Read MoreRaising Capital – Leveraged Buyouts vs Venture Capital
I started out doing LBO’s on an “ad hoc” basis. That is another word for “bootstrapping” which is another word for “I’m broke and don’t have access to capital”. I abhorred...
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Buy a Business Fast – The Top Five Ingredients
Most of my students and subscribers want to buy a business fast. This is for obvious reasons. Mainly that time is money, money is what they need and the sooner they close a deal the more money they will start collecting.
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