The Buy-and-Build Playbook: Why the Lower Middle Market Is the Best Place to Execute It
April 26, 2026
by an intermediary from Howard University - School of Business in Denver, CO, USA
If you are running a buy-and-build strategy in the lower middle market, this is worth 5 minutes of your time.
We published a breakdown of the playbook: why the LMM is structurally the best place to execute it, how to identify a true platform versus an add-on dressed up as one, and how to sequence add-ons without blowing up the foundation you built.
The sourcing section is especially relevant for independent sponsors. Proprietary deal flow is not a nice-to-have in this segment. It is the whole game.
Full article here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eMVsK1RQkvzWOcpzTEKM-uPBB7lj4cbG/view?usp=drive_link
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