From M&A Lawyer To Escape Room Mogul - Lessons From My $26M Exit

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The Wise Exit

Todd Sullivan

68 episodes

2 weeks ago

The Wise Exit is an open dialogue with fellow founders and former business owners sharing real stories and offering honest advice around selling their companies to some of the top acquirers in the world. Beyond the entertaining and educational exit stories, host and M&A Advisor, Todd Sullivan is here to help demystify the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) process. For example: - How much is my business worth? - What is Net Working Capital? - When should I get a Quality of Earnings analysis - Should I hire an Investment Banker, M&A Advisor, or Business Broker? - When do I talk to my Key Employees about a possible transaction? We hope you enjoy... and learn a few things along the way! https://exitwise.com/

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From M&A Lawyer To Escape Room Mogul - Lessons From My $26M Exit | Raleigh Williams

The Wise Exit

40 minutes

2 years ago

From M&A Lawyer To Escape Room Mogul - Lessons From My $26M Exit | Raleigh Williams

EPISODE 57: THIS WEEK'S GUEST - RALEIGH WILLIAMS
In this episode, Raleigh talks about:

Why business owners should trust their intuition when deciding when to sell their companies
How to renegotiate business contracts to make them transferable in an acquisition
When you're at the goal line, how you should focus on your why you are selling and not quibbling over every last dollar.

GUEST BIO:
Raleigh Williams is a former M&A attorney turned entrepreneur who quit his job as a lawyer to start an escape room business. Raleigh quickly expanded into multiple locations while adding trampoline parks, axe throwing and other entertainment venues. After six years of running his company, Raleigh tried to sell the whole pool of entertainment businesses to a single buyer.

However, he quickly learned that the buyers and investment bankers believed he needed to sell his assets piecemeal to maximize his outcome. By separating each asset, Raleigh was able to create more than $26 million in enterprise value, which he now uses to invest in and buy other businesses.

Today, Raleigh is the CEO of DealMaven.io, helping and investing in founders to structure and operationalize their businesses and create incredible exits.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Raleigh Williams.

WHERE TO FIND RALEIGH WILLIAMS:
LinkedIn
X (Twitter)
Instagram
DealMaven.io

EPISODE REFERENCES AND READING MATERIAL:
The unbelievably lucrative business of escape rooms (MarketWatch)