Alfredo Pascual
Alfredo Pascual serves as a senior associate within HORNE Capital, focusing on business valuation and transaction advisory services.
Leigha Malone
Leigha Malone is an investment banking manager within HORNE Capital. She specializes in facilitating sell-side transactions that involve the divestiture of privately-owned, family- and founder-operated companies, providing long-term business succession planning, and cultivating relationships with strategic corporate buyers and private equity investors.
A Checklist to Prepare for Growth By Merger or Acquisition
Many of us rely on lists and step-by-step instructions to get us through some of the simplest tasks in life, like grocery shopping. And yet, when it comes to something as complex as the sale or acquisition of a business, many entrepreneurs and executives are willing to “wander the aisles” aimlessly trying to figure a transaction out instead of doing the basic planning that they use to make a trip to the supermarket successful. If your business plan calls for a merger or acquisition, here’s a suggested checklist to keep your transaction on track.
What Is a Sell-Side Marketing Process?
Part of the life cycle of a business is a change in ownership, when an owner or founder sells his or her business. There are many motivations for owners to sell their business interests, among them:
Neal Stephens
Neal Stephens is a transaction advisory senior manager for HORNE Capital Strategies. He works with business owners, strategic corporate buyers and private equity investors to advise and manage the sale and purchase process for transacting parties.
Josh Edwards
Josh Edwards is the firmwide director of HORNE Capital Strategies and a member of HORNE’s Board of Directors. He brings extensive experience in areas such as strategic growth, mergers and acquisitions and due diligence.
Shifting Your Focus Toward Long-Term Growth
If you ask a dozen executives if their goals for their companies include long-term growth, you would probably get a unanimous “Yes” from the group. If you then asked them to define what long-term growth looks like at their companies, you might get a dozen different answers. In order to prepare a business for long-term growth, the first step is to understand what exactly needs to grow.