More Hands Off Approach Post-Acquisition

by a searcher from IESE Business School

Mar 12,2020

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.)?

12/09/2021 | like reply | 0 likes

searcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management

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.

10/13/2020 | like reply | 0 likes

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