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Minority Shareholder Buyout: Clean Up Your Cap Table to Create More Value

June 23, 2026June 24, 2026 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Clean Up Your Cap Table to Create More Value An often-overlooked way to create more value is increasing ownership in your company through minority shareholder buyouts, especially in high-growth businesses. Growth companies frequently raise capital, and growth often takes longer than expected. Over time, some investors lose interest or…

Owners Beware…Selling a business often leads to “Profound Regret”! Consider an internal buyout!

August 20, 2024March 24, 2025 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

I was recently told a statistic that I thought was shocking. A survey in 2018 found that 76% of business owners regret selling their business a year after the sale. Surprised by this statistic, I went in search of the source of this stat, which turned out to be from the Exit Planning…

MBO Management Buyout: PE vs No-PE

February 27, 2023April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

MBO Management Buyout: PE vs No-PE I have a client pursuing a MBO management buyout of his company from its public parent. As we assessed different management buyout financing options, he had a big decision to make. Did he want to partner with a private equity firm (PE) or do…

Owner Exit Strategies

January 24, 2022April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Owners of businesses typically dream of going public or performing an IPO, even though less than 1% of businesses ever achieve this. However, for the remaining 99% of businesses out there, there are multiple viable options that owners should consider and evaluate when determining their business exit strategy. Ideally, owners should…

Another Exit Planning Option: Sell To Management

March 27, 2018April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Internal Management Buyout: Another Exit Planning Option: Sell to Management The one exit planning strategy that most often gets overlooked is an internal management buyout but it’s an approach that has several advantages that owners should seriously consider. This post is a very short explanation of 1) how an internal…

Determining Value Early On is a Good Idea for Business Partners

June 7, 2017April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Partner Buyout: Determining Value Early On is a Good Idea for Business Partners I was recently asked if I could help a company develop a valuation methodology for their business so that if one partner wanted to buyout the other, they would already have an agreed up on formula valuing…

Financing Challenges: How We Helped a Client Buy His Division From The Owner

April 24, 2017April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Management Buyout Financing Challenges: How Lantern Capital Advisors helped a client buy his division from the owner. Situation: A divisional manager wanted to buy his division from the owner who was having financing challenges with the bank. How Lantern Capital Advisors helped execute the management buyout: Lantern helped the manager…

The (Pricing) Power of Competition

October 15, 2016April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

[caption id="attachment_380" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Power Of Competition[/caption] We recently completed a $25 million management led buyout for one of our clients. Even after doing this for many years, I am always surprised by what I learn or what I am reminded of. In this case its, the power of…

Message To Management: Don’t Wait!

June 30, 2016April 24, 2024 by Chris Risey

Chris Risey

Last week I got a call from a CEO of small software company. His parent was in the process of selling his company. The process of selling the business was taking longer than expected and the price was below the range the seller really wanted. He called to ask me…

Weekly What If: Buy Out Business Partner

March 14, 2016April 24, 2024 by Jennifer Mooney

Jennifer Mooney

[caption id="attachment_342" align="alignright" width="300"] Exit Strategies[/caption] What if we buyout our business partner? For some companies, their biggest roadblock to growth isn’t a lack of ideas, motivation or initiative. It is a business partner that has other priorities. For companies with significant growth potential, this challenge arises frequently. One owner…

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