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cover of episode Ep 418 Selling a Service Business, Avoiding an Earn Out, Outperforming Industry Average Multiples, Rebutting a Lowball Offer and Going From Start up to Exit for a High Single Digit Multiple of EBITDA in Just 18 Months

Ep 418 Selling a Service Business, Avoiding an Earn Out, Outperforming Industry Average Multiples, Rebutting a Lowball Offer and Going From Start up to Exit for a High Single Digit Multiple of EBITDA in Just 18 Months

2023/12/1
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Built to Sell Radio

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Kiran Merchant spent decades as a consultant to the aviation industry, so when a boss refused to grant him an $8,000 raise, he decided to leave his employer to start his own aviation consulting firm. Eighteen months later, he sold Merchant Aviation to Aeroport de Paris, one of the largest aviation companies in the world for a high single digit multiple of EBITDA.