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Planning a successful MBO?

Strategy Driven

An MBO or MBI can give you the opportunity to step up from senior manager to business owner. When a business is purchased by the management team within the company by borrowing funds, this is referred to as a Management-Buy-out (MBO). Generally, MBOs are only partially financed with private assets by the management.

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Entrepreneurs Need a Better Way to Cash Out

Harvard Business Review

Big acquirers cash out founders, management teams get folded into big organizations, cashflows disappoint, and visions flounder. Entrepreneurship Finance' This can lead to bad outcomes for entrepreneurs who hope to create lasting value. Meanwhile, strategic acquisitions sometime work well, but often don’t.