YBAWS! Growing Corporate Value and Marketability

YBAWS! Growing Corporate Value and Marketability

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May 30 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
Why Every Buyer Pays a Different Price for the Same Business
Financial, strategic, and management buyers each see your company through different math, and knowing which one fits unlocks premium pricing above Fair…
May 28 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
Buyer Pays a Different Price: Case Study
How Gordie Howe Engineered a $7M Premium Through Buyer Type Recognition
May 24 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
Terms Trump Price: Assessment
Sally Ride Marchetti vs Buzz Aldrin Castellanos
May 23 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
Two Pilots, Two Deals, Two Outcomes: Case Study
Sally Ride Marchetti vs Buzz Aldrin Castellanos
May 22 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
Terms Trump Price: How Aligned Incentives Build Real Wealth
The same $30 million headline can deliver $7.5 million or $40 million. The structure, not the price, determines which one you get
May 21 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
The Great Risk Transfer: Assessment
The Valentina Tereshkova Holloway Case
May 16 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
The Vendor Note Trap: CASE STUDY
How Valentina Tereshkova Holloway Became a Junior Creditor of Her Own Company
May 16 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
The Great Risk Transfer: Earnouts/Vendor Notes Strip You Bare
Smart buyers do not buy your business. They borrow it from you, with you bearing every risk and zero control.
May 14 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
The $20 Million Lie: Assassment
The Yuri Gagarin Pemberton Case
May 9 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
The $24 Million Mirage: Case Study
How Yuri Gagarin Pemberton Lost $15 Million Without Anyone Noticing
May 8 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
The $20 Million Lie: Your “Big Deal” Probably Worth Half
Earnouts and complex deal structures destroy 40-60% of headline value. Here is the math that exposes the illusion.
May 7 • Sean Cavanagh YBAWS!
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