Most owners enter the exit process personally “ready” but strategically unprepared. An overwhelming majority are blindsided by sophisticated buyers and Private Equity’s playbook for lowering valuations, tightening terms, and steering them into unwanted earnouts. The outcome is predictable: stalled deals, seller’s remorse, and exits that deliver far less than the business was truly worth.
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Accretive is a deal preparation process built to help business owners navigate the risks of selling their company and protect the value they have worked to build. Too many transactions fail, stall, or collapse under last-minute discounts driven by buyers or brokers focused on closing deals rather than safeguarding sellers. Our team has spent years on the other side of the table, running private equity playbooks against business owners. Now we use that experience to prepare you for the tactics buyers use to delay negotiations, justify price reductions, or reshape terms late in the process. Accretive provides the advocacy and foresight needed to level the playing field, defend your legacy, and achieve the outcome you deserve.
Our team has spent years sitting on the other side of the table, running playbooks for private equity buyers against business sellers. Now we’ve switched sides.
We know the tactics buyers use to justify discounts, delay negotiations, or derail deals — and we prepare you for them. Accretive gives you the advocacy and foresight to defend your legacy, level the playing field, and walk away with the outcome you deserve.
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Our research, reports, and articles give founders and owners the knowledge to navigate complex M&A with confidence.
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