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Safeguarding Your Future while
Prioritizing Your People and Legacy
You have worked incredibly hard over many years to build your business, showing unwavering dedication and commitment. You have taken care of your company with great passion, creating something truly amazing. Now that you're thinking about leaving, it's only fair that you get a plan in place that recognizes the value you've built and takes care of your business and the people who have helped it grow.
What I look for
People
Owner values employees
Owner looking to exit
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Strong operational team
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Key personnel who will stay on post-sale
Business
B2B services
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Low customer churn
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Mission critical offering
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Differentiated product or service
Financials
~$2-8M of pre-tax profit
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History of profitable growth
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Low customer concentration
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$3M+ revenue for software businesses
No business will meet ALL of these criteria, and there is no such thing as the perfect business. Most importantly I'm looking to buy a business I can be a good steward of going forward.
About
Brett Sleyster, Founder and Managing Principle
Brett is married to his wife, Anne. They live together in Chicago, Illinois. Together they enjoy trying new restaurants, playing board games, and hiking when they have a chance to leave the city behind.
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Brett was born and raised in northern New Jersey. Both of Brett's parents were first-generation college graduates, and from a young age, they stressed the importance of education and hard work in building a better life.
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Brett spent his early career helping agribusiness, construction, and technology companies manage their financial operations and then had the opportunity to work with amazing entrepreneurs growing their technology businesses. He found the latter experience energizing while also seeing the impact entrepreneurs had on their employees, clients, and partners.
Why Choose MLC?
Deal Process Overview
1
Exploration
Days ~1-30
Discuss the sale and see if it is a good fit for both of us
We provide our first list of questions and share our valuation range
Once high-level financials are provided, have an in-person meeting
We submit an indication of interest, you decide if we move forward
2
Letter of Intent
Days ~30-60
We request additional, more detailed, information
We submit a letter of intent with key agreed-upon deal terms clearly outlined
You decide if we move forward
3
Closing
Days ~60-150
We provide the final in-depth information request
Complete our due diligence (legal, accounting, etc.)
Finalize purchase agreement
We sign the documents, celebrate the close, and you get paid