Entrepreneur

What to Expect When Selling Your Business to a Private Equity Group

From the first meeting to after the ink is dry on the contracts, we'll show you the steps of selling to private equity.
Source: Shutterstock

Q: What should I expect when private equity starts sniffing around my company?

 Expect to get put through the ringer. Selling to a private equity group (PEG) may be a great exit strategy for an owner who wants or needs to get substantial liquidity out of the business but wants to remain in operational control. Typically, PEGs will look to buy 80

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur2 min read
Make A Million Dollars In A Weekend?
Noah Kagan was the 30th employee at Facebook, the fourth employee at mint.com, and has started many successful businesses of his own. Now, his company AppSumo does nearly $100 million in annual revenue. Along the journey, he says he’s discovered some
Entrepreneur10 min read
Top Franchises for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
A franchise is most successful when it reaches a wide variety of communities—and to do that best, it needs to bring a diversity of voices and experiences into its franchisee and corporate-level ranks. That’s why, for the third year, we’ve chosen the
Entrepreneur2 min read
The Skills You Never Knew You Needed
“I underestimated the importance of discernment. Early on, we had what seemed like a dream client—but red flags started to emerge. They were going through some internal strife, and their executives were contradicting each other, which bled onto our t

Related