A Major Problem For Our Time.
Private company owners face a fundamental challenge when trying to sell their businesses: illiquidity. Unlike publicly traded companies, it can be surprisingly difficult to liquidate an equity stake in a private company. This illiquidity means an entrepreneur’s wealth is “locked” in the business until an exit occurs.
Privately-held American businesses represent trillions of dollars in potential wealth, yet statistics reveal a troubling reality: only about 20% of businesses brought to market successfully find buyers. Of those businesses that do sell, only about half of them sell at above industry average prices. Of those, only about 14% sell at truly premium multiples.
A major reason for this is that most business owners don't understand how to grow their enterprise value along with their revenue. The impact of this is astronomical. It ultimately means that as those business owners stop working there could be hundreds of billions of dollars in unrealized exit value that effectively fails to transfer to those American families.
We're going to change this.
Vision: "A world where empowered entrepreneurs can confidently turn private companies into lasting family legacies."
Mission: "To empower agile entrepreneurs with Fortune 500-caliber financial acumen and strategic insight."