We speak to many company owners on a regular basis, hundreds a week.
When we ask the question "Is an exit from the company on the horizon?"
the most common responses are "I haven't made plans"
or
"I'm not currently looking at selling but if the right opportunity presented itself, I would consider an exit".
It is with the interests of these company owners in mind that we designed and created the Personal Exit Strategy Organiser.
As sell-side advisors, La Salle Corporate is uniquely positioned within the marketplace to take instruction from company owners seeking a full or part-share sale via a sourced trade buyer or private equity investment as a form of growth or route-to-exit.
But what about the company owners who aren't actively seeking an exit at present?
With the introduction of the Personal Exit Strategy Organiser, La Salle now offer an additional, free-of-charge service to appeal to (what is likely) the mindset of the majority of company owners.
We put a lot of thinking into the creation of the Organiser tool. It's aimed at company owners who aren't actively seeking an exit at present, so it has to be non-intrusive and requires minimal effort from a user perspective, and above all, it has to be confidential.
In essence, the Organiser works like a personally tailored mailing list on two separate levels. Acting as a gentle reminder to periodically review exit plans with useful pointers on how to do this, and also as an alert tool that uses specific company data (size and sector) to bring exit, sale, or investment opportunities to the attention of the user.
The latter is where our industry knowledge and expertise come into play. Our network of buyers and investors is unique to La Salle and we constantly keep an ear to the ground to seek out opportunities for existing and future clients, along with monitoring acquisition trends from some of the major PE firms.
As a company owner, it's not always easy to ask questions or speak openly about your company exit plans for fear of alerting staff, customers, suppliers, or competition to your intentions. Because of this, it can be a subject that often gets criminally overlooked or ignored.
As the old saying goes "it's lonely at the top". We believe the Organiser also acts as a vehicle for keeping in touch with someone who has your best interests in mind, in a way, it's like having our business card to hand but it's not going to fall out of your wallet for the world to see.
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