If you’re not clear about M&A lingo, you’ve come to the right place. This glossary highlights the terms you’ll want to understand when you go to sell your business.
When funding dries up, an acquihire can be a good option. That approach worked for this founder, who sold her marketplace for freelancers to a buyer in her network.
Hayley Sperling and Sam Hoisington built the local Madison, Wisconsin newsletter they wanted to read — and partnered with a national news brand that eventually acquired them.
Rebekah Bastian, co-founder of the online community OwnTrail, felt like she was just getting started — but she ran out of cash, forcing her into an abrupt exit.
In 2021, Talia Koren got an unofficial valuation of her meal-prep company, Workweek Lunch. She took it as a challenge to continue to grow — a decision she now regrets.
In 2016, BarBend couldn’t get VC funding. Buzzfeed was all the rage; BarBend was too niche. Seven years later, the website was far beyond niche — and buyers were interested.
Most entrepreneurs want to minimize the tax burden when you sell your company. So we talked with an expert, Matt Camrud of Brighton Jones, about how entrepreneurs should approach financial planning ahead of your sale.
Eye Love’s husband-and-wife team turned passion into profit by helping the world see — and sold their business in a 7-figure deal that keeps the mission moving.
