Original source · Yusufa Sey
If you ever feel confused… here’s how you buy a BUSINESS
Topics supported by this collection: acquisition process, loi, ebitda, working capital, due diligence. Use the linked evidence and contextual notes to distinguish examples, opinions and reported experience.
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- The acquisition process
- Adjusted EBITDA
- Amortization
- Bank debt
- Capital stack
- Customer concentration
- Deferred consideration
- Due diligence
- Earn-outs
- EBITDA
- Enterprise value
- Investor equity
- Leverage
- Letter of intent
- Management after acquisition
- Preferred equity
- Receivables finance
- Roll-ups
- Seller financing
- Valuation multiples
- Working capital
Used in the course
The anatomy of an acquisition
Follow the connected decisions from first seller conversation to completion.
Diligence the business you will actually own
Connect financial records, commercial resilience and operating continuity.
Earnings are the starting point; cash pays the bills
Distinguish reported profit, adjusted earnings and money available for obligations.
Use the LOI to expose assumptions early
Turn commercial discussion into a clear provisional framework for investigation.
The payment schedule is part of the price
Distinguish completion cash, fixed deferral and performance-dependent earn-outs.
Working capital must survive the acquisition
Read the balance sheet for operating needs, eligible assets and existing claims.
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