M&A

Jun 14, 2025

•

18 min read

🎵 Don’t go chasing waterfalls...

Talk nerdy to me: The art and science of variance analysis

M&A

📬 Talking (Office) Politics: An Exercise in Influencing People

Apr 15, 2025

•

13 min read

📬 Talking (Office) Politics: An Exercise in Influencing People

And credit portfolio risk management

M&A

Jan 25, 2025

•

20 min read

🕺The DD-Dance

Pick your partners

M&A

Jan 18, 2025

•

19 min read

💃 Balance Sheet Ballet

How does working capital work in M&A?

M&A

Jan 11, 2025

•

20 min read

🤸 EBITDA gymnastics

Pinpointing profits & calling out bullsh*t

M&A

Jan 4, 2025

•

17 min read

🔍 Due or die

How to close good deals and swerve the bad ones

M&A

👀 Year One Update On My Small Business Acquisition

Apr 27, 2024

•

19 min read

👀 Year One Update On My Small Business Acquisition

Steal my playbook

Secret CFO

M&A

Sep 23, 2023

•

19 min read

➕ You Bought a Business... What Next?

... And What to Do on Day One

M&A

🧙🏽‍♂️ Uncovering The Mystery of Working Capital in M&A

Sep 16, 2023

•

23 min read

🧙🏽‍♂️ Uncovering The Mystery of Working Capital in M&A

... And what exactly is a 'Debt-Like' item anyway

M&A

1️⃣9️⃣ The 19 Things You Must Know To Sell a Business

Sep 9, 2023

•

19 min read

1️⃣9️⃣ The 19 Things You Must Know To Sell a Business

... And the one thing that matters above all else.

M&A

Aug 26, 2023

•

20 min read

🤸 EBITDA Gymnastics

...proforma, adjusted, run rate, what does it all mean

M&A

😤 How My Arrogance Nearly Burned A $45m M&A Deal

Aug 19, 2023

•

24 min read

😤 How My Arrogance Nearly Burned A $45m M&A Deal

... a step by step guide to buy-side corporate M&A

M&A

Aug 5, 2023

•

17 min read

🛠️ How to Build a Killer M&A Deal Team

...and how to use advisors

M&A

✋ Stop Using Discounted Cash Flows for Business Valuation

Jul 22, 2023

•

21 min read

✋ Stop Using Discounted Cash Flows for Business Valuation

...and what to do instead

M&A

Jul 15, 2023

•

14 min read

🧨 90% of M&A is a Dumpster Fire

... how to make sure your deal is in the 10%.

M&A

Jul 8, 2023

•

11 min read

🎲 The $47 Million M&A Gamble

How a Sh*tty Vanity Project Became a Cash Flow Dream

M&A

👀 How I Bought a Business making $358k a year with no money down

Mar 31, 2023

•

16 min read

👀 How I Bought a Business making $358k a year with no money down

Technically an infinite IRR ...

🎵 Don’t go chasing waterfalls...

📬 Talking (Office) Politics: An Exercise in Influencing People

🕺The DD-Dance

💃 Balance Sheet Ballet

🤸 EBITDA gymnastics

🔍 Due or die

👀 Year One Update On My Small Business Acquisition

➕ You Bought a Business... What Next?

🧙🏽‍♂️ Uncovering The Mystery of Working Capital in M&A

1️⃣9️⃣ The 19 Things You Must Know To Sell a Business

🤸 EBITDA Gymnastics

😤 How My Arrogance Nearly Burned A $45m M&A Deal

🛠️ How to Build a Killer M&A Deal Team

✋ Stop Using Discounted Cash Flows for Business Valuation

🧨 90% of M&A is a Dumpster Fire

🎲 The $47 Million M&A Gamble

👀 How I Bought a Business making $358k a year with no money down

Newsletter

Company

Legal