The most expensive mistake in selling your business isn't what you paid. It's what you lost by starting wrong.
I call it the False Start and by the time most founders call me, they've already had one.
They went solo. Hired the wrong person. Tried to "save money" on the process. And now the market thinks something is wrong with their business.
The irony? "Free" cost them everything.
Your exit team isn’t overhead, it’s leverage.
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“If you pick Option 3, I’m not going forward with you.”
“You built 40 years of reputation. The Handshake King.”
“You worked too hard to throw it all away at the end.”
Sometimes the hardest negotiation is with yourself.
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There's a reason M&A transactions feel so disorienting for founders.
It's by design.
Inside what I call the M&A Black Box, three forces work against you: chaos (cross-references, redlines, legalese), emotional pressure ('Your lawyer is killing this deal'), and misinformation (terms that mean the opposite of what you think).
Founders: Which one hit you hardest? Drop it below 👇
@JaydenJackson65 LFG! You’re by far my favorite sooner man. When I met you at LNC you didn’t act too good and even stopped to talk. I appreciated that.