More Hands Off Approach Post-Acquisition

by a searcher from IESE Business School

4 years ago

I'm wondering if any searchers or investors have had any success with companies that already have a great management team in place and might only require monthly visits post-acquisition? We are currently self-funded but considering the possibility of acquiring 2-4 companies that wouldn't require full-time presence on our part. Thanks in advance for any feedback on this.

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professional from New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business

That would be a great luxury to have... the question then becomes, what will you spend your time on? Will you focus on opening up new channel partnerships while management focuses on day-to-day ops? Or is management focused on sales, and you can focus on efficiencies (implementing software tools, bringing cost reduction partners to the table, etc.)?

2 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

searcher

Ideally, you will want to invest into companies that have strong middle management teams who run the day to day so you can focus on inorganic growth.

3 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

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