Every business owner needs to exit their business eventually. So, what does that process look like, and how can it be carried out efficiently?

Today on MCM Wealth, Max Friar, Managing Partner at Calder Capital, LLC, discusses the intricacies of selling a business. Max goes into the strategies of creating a market for business sales, the challenges owners face, such as overvaluation, and the importance of understanding their motives. He also outlines Calder Capital’s role in vetting potential buyers and steering transactions to a successful close, offering a glimpse into the complexities of the business selling process.

Max discusses: 

• The process of making a market for selling a business
  
• Services offered by Calder Capital
  
• Challenges faced when working with business owners looking to sell their business
  
• The critical period in moving a mergers and acquisition transaction to a close
  
• And more
  

Resources:

• Axial.net
  

Connect with Geoff Hakim: 

• MCM Wealth
  
• Office: 844-626-4949
  
• LinkedIn: Geoff Hakim
  
• geoff@mcmwealth.com
  
• Direct Line: 415-299-6574
  

Connect with Max Friar:

• Calder Capital LLC
  
• LinkedIn: Max Friar
  
• max@caldergr.com
  

About Our Guest: 

Max Friar, Managing Partner at Calder Capital, LLC,  has been working in mergers and acquisitions since 2005, beginning his career as the Director of Marketing for a Midwest mergers and acquisitions firm where he quickly fell in love with the fast-paced and challenging world of business transactions. He founded Calder Capital, LLC in 2013 and is presently its Managing Partner/CEO. Max has a passion for entrepreneurship, technology, psychology, process improvement, and growth. Beyond starting and owning businesses, Max also has personal experience in investing in, buying, and selling closely held businesses. He brings energy, focus, creativity, and a unique ability to create order out of chaos. Max is a summa cum laude graduate of Alma College (2003) where he majored in International Relations and became the college’s first Fulbright Scholar. Max has received numerous awards and recognitions for his work in M&A including Dealmaker of the Year Finalist (2018), Grand Rapids Top 200 Business Leaders (2019 – 2023), and the Grand Rapids Business Journal’s 40 under 40 Business Leaders (2020). Max has been recognized by the Business Brokerage Press as a Manufacturing Industry Expert since 2020