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For most business owners, selling their company represents the single largest financial transaction of their lifetime. Yet the M&A process remains opaque, intimidating, and fraught with complexity that can destroy value if not navigated properly.
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Understanding the Private Equity Landscape: A Guide for Business Owners
For business owners, private equity often appears as an undifferentiated wall of institutional capital—mysterious, intimidating, and associated primarily with leveraged buyouts and loss of control. The reality is far more nuanced.
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Not All EBITDA Is Created Equal: Understanding Earnings Quality
Business owners often celebrate EBITDA growth as an unqualified success. Revenue is up, expenses are down, and the bottom line looks stronger than ever. Yet when these same owners enter an M&A process or seek institutional capital, they're stunned to discover that buyers and investors assign dramatically different values to businesses reporting similar EBITDA figures.__–––
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The 401(k) Revolution: How 2026 Could Transform Private Equity
A regulatory earthquake is building beneath the private equity industry, with tremors that will reshape fundraising, valuations, and exit markets throughout 2026 and beyond. The Trump administration's August 2025 executive order directing federal regulators to facilitate 401(k) access to private equity and other alternative assets has set in motion a process that could unlock approximately $12.5 trillion in defined contribution plan capital—fundamentally altering the economics of private equity for general partners, limited partners, and the middle-market businesses they back.
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