Private equity firms and strategic acquirers are calling smaller companies more than ever. Most owners take that call without a banker, a valuation, or a plan. Collier Business Consultants gives you the preparation an investment bank would, sized for a business the banks don't cover.
Lower middle market investment banks typically won't engage below a certain deal size. Business brokers list the company and wait. Neither tells you what a sophisticated buyer actually sees when they look at your numbers.
A buyer or their banker reaches out. They have a model, a thesis, and a target price. You have a gut feeling about what the business is worth.
They ask for add-backs, customer concentration, working capital normalization, and a quality of earnings. Every surprise lowers the price.
Without an independent view of value and a sense of what's standard, it's hard to know which terms to push on and which to accept.
Fixed-scope engagements, delivered in weeks, written in plain English. You get the analysis, and you own it.
An independent, defensible view of what your business is worth today, and what drives that number.
A review of your company through a buyer's eyes, before a buyer does it for you.
Where to focus the next 6 to 18 months so the business is worth more, and to more buyers.
A plain-language walkthrough of how a sale actually runs, and an advisor in your corner while it does.
Thirty minutes. You describe the business and what prompted the conversation. We tell you honestly whether we can help and what it would cost.
We work from your financials and a few conversations with you. Typical engagements run two to four weeks.
A written report you can hand to your partners, your CPA, or a buyer. Then a working session on what to do next.
Collier Business Consultants is run by Frank Collier, who spent his career evaluating acquisitions for institutional investors: first in investment banking at Citi, then as an associate at Antin Infrastructure Partners, a global private equity firm.
That work meant building the models, running the diligence, and deciding what a business was really worth. Now it goes toward helping owners understand the same analysis before they sit across from someone running it on them.
The firm works with owner-operated companies across industries, with a particular focus on services, restaurants and hospitality, industrial and manufacturing, and healthcare services.
Tell us a little about the business and what's on your mind. We reply within two business days, and the first call is free.
Prefer email? frank@collierbusinessconsultants.com
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