Brian DeChesare

OCTOBER 12, 2022

If you search for “how to start a private equity firm” online, you’ll find results that range from useless to tangentially useful to occasional nuggets of real wisdom. Starting a private equity firm is a bad decision for ~95% of people who work in the finance industry. Degrees such as an MBA or a Ph.D.

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Sun Acquisitions

JANUARY 8, 2025

This is music to the ears of strategic acquirers and private equity firms. Sellers should also streamline all operations and document standard operating procedures. Strong EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) margins are always going to be a green flag for buyers.

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FE International

APRIL 20, 2022

At the lower end of the market, individuals are still leaving their jobs to buy businesses and at the higher end, institutional investors and private equity firms have more capital available than ever before. multiple of SDE or EBITDA. Aggregators vs. Private Equity Firms.

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IBG Business

JANUARY 31, 2023

For someone considering a merger or the purchase of a business, document review and the answers to due-diligence questions are critical. Such reports are increasingly common in larger transactions, especially where the buyer is a private equity firm. “A

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FE International

APRIL 13, 2022

At the lower end of the market, individuals are still leaving their jobs to buy businesses and, at the higher end, institutional investors and private equity firms have more capital available than ever before. When your SaaS is effectively implemented and protected, your risk for disruption becomes much more minimal.

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Brian DeChesare

JULY 26, 2023

You can think of a search fund as a private equity firm meets a SPAC , minus the celebrity sponsor who’s there to swindle retail investors. Like a PE firm, a search fund raises capital from outside investors and aims to multiply that capital by investing it – but like a SPAC, it makes only one acquisition.

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Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 4, 2024

But this started changing in the 2010s and early 2020s as team values skyrocketed and billionaires, sovereign wealth funds , and sports private equity firms all jumped into the sector. For a long time, sports teams and franchises were not worth that much, so banks rarely put their “A-Teams” on these deals.

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