1. Sell Your Company
   1. Buyers Seeking
   2. How Companies Get Sold
   3. - Buyer Motivation
   4. - Seller Preparation
   5. - Interest Generation
   6. - Negotiation
   7. - After The Deal
   8. Services for Sellers
   9. Estimate of Value
   10. Valuation
   11. Seller Agreements & Fees
2. Buy A Company
3. Intermediaries
4. Our Transactions
5. My-Profile
6. Resource Center
7. About Us

SERVICES FOR SELLERS

The M&A Forum introduces Buyers and Sellers of IT sector companies for the purpose of initiating M&A transactions. 

Here are the steps in our process:

Services provided by the M&A Forum include:

Profile - Our team of experts at M&A Forum will help you edit your company profile to ensure your value is clearly communicated while keeping your company identity confidential.

Presentation - You will want to use a short presentation about your company in your buyer meetings.  An overview of your business in a professional format is a good starting point for conveying the key value points of your business.  M&A Forum will provide you with a template to prepare a presentation that introduces your business and appropriately positions your company with the buyer.

Managed Introductions - We will manage a confidential introduction between Seller and Buyer ensuring both parties execute a Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).  Communication will be via the method you select in your member profile. Our online process protects your identity until you choose to meet a buyer. 

Follow-up Communications - M&A Forum will follow-up with both parties after an introduction to determine the perception of "fit" and to discuss next steps. Momentum is critical to starting, as well as completing, a transaction.  

Referrals - M&A Forum can refer you to professional advisors that can be part of your team in a transaction.  Please contact us to discuss referrals in these areas:

M&A FORUM MARKETING & VALUATION SERVICES

M&A Forum offers additional services to position and market your company to buyers. These offerings supplement our online exchange with offline services to ensure Buyers are actively contacted and presented with your company information; and that you are prepared for your meetings.

Services are provided by our experienced team, drawing upon our ten-year experience focused exclusively on M&A in the IT solutions, services and software space during which we have closed nearly 70 transactions with IT sector companies in North America, Europe and Asia. You can choose the level of service that is right for you and continue to use your own team of advisors.

Online Service

The Online Service is the package of services listed above including:

Estimate of Value

Before you can be comfortable taking your business through the M&A process-you should have some idea of what a buyer will likely be willing to pay. We have developed a short-form estimate of value that will give you a sense of the potential current market value for your business. This service can be purchased separately or as part of an engagement for additional services listed below.

Managed Service

The Managed Service is an offering to actively market your company to selected Buyers that we know are acquisitive and looking for companies like yours.  This Managed Service includes a highly targeted campaign to interest buyers in looking closely at your business for potential purchase.  The Managed Service includes:

• M&A Forum online listing
• Confidential profile review and editing
• Support in the review and recasting of financial data
• Discussion of probable range of company valuation
• Review and editing of company management presentation
• Research universe of potential buyers
• Identification of best buyer matches
• Advice on buyer-specific company positioning
• Targeted introduction of company profile to selected buyer prospects
• Coordinate the signing of non-disclosure agreements
• Facilitate introductory calls with interested buyers
• Advice on negotiation and management of the transaction process