• Alinea Growth and Preparing Businesses for Sale

  • Aug 2 2022
  • Length: 45 mins
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Alinea Growth and Preparing Businesses for Sale

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  • It takes timing, preparation, and strategy to sell a firm. These are all a part of the procedure, which, depending on the size of your organization, may occasionally be difficult. To get you the finest outcomes and uphold the reputation of the company you've built most in your life, there are services out there that may offer you consultations and even coaching. In today's episode, Kit invited Phil Curatilo, founder of Alinea Growth, an exit prep consulting and coaching firm. They discuss the proper process of selling a business, things to practice when planning to sell, the difference between consulting and coaching, the rules when thinking about selling the business, and lastly some key points about the distinction between investment banks and business brokers.

    Key Takeaways

    Who is Alinea Growth and what are its services
    Examples of the area of weakness during the selling process of businesses
    Consulting services versus Coaching services defined by our Guest
    The future of Alinea Growth and where it headed to
    The rules and facts they established when selling the business
    The difference between investment banks and a business broker

    Quotes

    "If you're talking as a standalone business, a new platform for buyers, customer concentration is in fact important." - Phil

    "One positive thing that the pandemic gave us is that people are now and companies are now much more willing to participate in learning and meeting like we're doing right now virtually." - Phil

    "Consultants usually have a specific area of expertise and coaches takes some of it but they will help you discover things, meaning you do some work on your own to help you that discovery." - Phil

    Featured in this Episode

    Christopher Lisle
    Growth strategy advisor for the ecosystem of investors, IBanks, and the companies they work with (middle market).
    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kit-lisle
    Websites: Acclaropartners.com / strategicgrowthcouncil.com
    Contact: kit@strategicgrowthcouncil.com / 703-867-7269

    Phil Curatilo
    Founder, Alinea Growth
    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philcuratilo
    Company Website: http://alineagrowth.com

    Words from our Sponsors

    Thanks to our sponsors Acclaro Growth Partners, a strategic consulting firm serving middle market mergers and acquisitions. You can visit acclaropartners.com. Our other sponsor, of course, is Strategic Growth Council, not the podcast, but the Peer Advisory Council slash virtual roundtable slash mastermind group for senior execs and business owners. Contemplating what an acquisition, a sale, or just strategic growth is? Strategic Growth Council collaborates with participants in the M&A ecosystem, such as private equity groups, lenders, investment banks, and relevant service providers. Visit strategicgrowthcouncil.com to learn more.

    Chapters

    00:00 Introduction
    01:47 What is Alinea and its origins
    02:45 Our guest's background and his business ---
    06:47 Common examples of an area of weakness in selling the business
    18:46 Webinars as a way of learning things
    20:33 Clients they cater
    23:25 Importance of peer groups
    27:18 Definition of coaching from our guest
    29:27 Where is business heading to
    31:16 8 unassailable facts
    36:18 investment banks vs business brokers

    Produced by Heartcast media
    https://www.heartcastmedia.com/
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