038 Thomas Smale - Investor Insights: Fundraising and Exit Outlook for 2023
SaaS Fuel5 Tammi 2023

038 Thomas Smale - Investor Insights: Fundraising and Exit Outlook for 2023

SaaS Fuel™ is joined this week by Thomas Smale, founder of FE International, a company that specializes in preparing businesses for acquisition. Tune in to learn more about the ins and outs of M&As from an industry expert.

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Key Takeaways

1:48 The Beginnings of FE International

4:04 VC Investors vs M&A

5:29 What makes a business buyable?

7:23 Why do deals go unannounced?

9:47 What is success?

11:51 What your business should and shouldn’t be tracking, and why

19:30 Planning the perfect exit strategy

25:12 How owning a business has changed over the past decade

29:25 Planning the sale of a business

37:07 Finding the right buyer

43:03 Which buyers win deals?

Tweetable Quotes

18:39 “The most important metrics to you will and should change over time, and if you're never changing them, then I would argue maybe you're not looking critically enough at your business.”

17:07 “In my experience, if you track too much, you lose sight of what’s really important.”

37:07 “The most important thing is finding a buyer who is a good cultural or value-based match for you. And that's also why it's important to not just sell to the first company that approaches you – and why you should run a comprehensive M&A process. And what we often find, well, almost all the time, is that most people have a misconception that a business always sells to the highest bidder or the highest offer. That's not necessarily the case. Sellers will often sell

To who they like the most, or who they think is the best fit for taking over and running the business, and matches their goals as a founder.”

Guest Resources

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomassmale

https://twitter.com/ThomasSmale?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DChcSEwjPkP-86pr8AhWKi8gKHdP_A4cYABABGgJxdQ&sig=AOD64_3VEf7W57D7b9DBqNFio55uOUzDUg&q&adurl&ved=2ahUKEwi7zPa86pr8AhXhmHIEHcJKDjEQ0Qx6BAgKEAE

SaaS Fuel Resources

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