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What M&A Consulting Should Actually Deliver to a PE Deal Partner
Most M&A consulting engagements fail the buyer quietly. Not with a blown deal or a lawsuit, but with a 90-page report that confirms what the deal…
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Embedded vs. Advisory: Why PE Needs Permanent Digital Capacity
Bottom line: Advisory consulting delivers diagnosis and a slide deck. An embedded digital value-creation partner delivers diagnosis and then stays to execute, owns the roadmap, and…
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A value creation plan reviewed once a year is forecasting with last year’s numbers
Bottom line: The annual value creation plan review worked when deal cycles ran 5-7 years and operating environments held stable. It does not work now. A…
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How to Form a US LLC From Outside the US in 2026: Costs, Steps and What I Used
Disclosure: I formed my own Wyoming company through doola and I am an investor in doola. If you sign up through a link on this page…
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Private equity value creation firms compete on quarterly margin reconciliation
“`html Private Equity Value Creation Firms Compete on Quarterly Margin Reconciliation Bottom line: The top PE value-creation consultancies (Bain Capital Private Equity, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey…
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Digital value creation consulting measures automation savings by labor hour
“`html Digital Value Creation Consulting Measures Automation Savings by Labor Hour A PE-backed industrial distributor automated quote generation across three business units in Q3 2024, cutting…
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What a Middle Market Exit Planning Advisor Should Decide Before You Hire One
If you are eighteen months from a sale process and the management team is already talking to a middle market exit planning advisor, the decision in…
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How to Choose a Portfolio Company Exit Planning Advisor Who Earns Their Fee
You are eighteen months from a planned exit, the first draft of the sell-side narrative is due to your investment committee, and someone on the deal…
