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Selling Your Business to Private Equity: A Deep Dive with Bobby Kingsburry (Ep. 60)

April 01, 2025

Selling your business may be the biggest financial decision of your life — and for many owners, private equity can be a smart, strategic way to exit. In this episode of Maximizing Outcomes®, Jim McGovern is joined by Bobby Kingsbury, Managing Partner at MCM Capital Partners, to discuss how private equity firms evaluate businesses, what makes a company attractive to investors, and what owners can do today to prepare for a successful exit. 


Whether you’re actively planning your exit or simply building toward a future sale, this episode offers an inside look at how private equity really works — with actionable tips to increase business value and avoid costly mistakes. 


You’ll learn: 



  • When private equity makes sense as an exit strategy 
  • How PE firms like MCM Capital evaluate companies 
  • What factors drive EBITDA multiples and valuation 
  • The biggest mistakes business owners make when selling 
  • How to build a business private equity wants to buy 
  • What the PE deal process looks like from start to finish 

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