Investment Banking Blog


Welcome to the InvestmentBank.com blog where we cover mergers, acquisitions and investment banking topics.


September 21, 2015

How to Build a Target List for Buy-Side M&A

Acquiring a company is no walk in the park. Risks abound. The following presents a great rank and outline for building a potential target acquisition […]
September 14, 2015

Idiot’s Guide to Deal Marketing

Successfully marketing any deal is made much easier when the company and its track record can sell itself. If we have a scenario where we […]
September 10, 2015

“Who You Know” No Longer: How Big Data is Affecting Deal Making

Thanks to technology, Creative Destruction has impacted nearly every sector of the economy and there doesn’t seem to be any sign of abatement. From fast food […]
August 31, 2015

Bolstering a Turnkey Business by Nailing Business Value Drivers

The most valuable businesses are those that can operate at least semi-autonomously, without expensive personnel at the helm. It’s these types of organizations that demonstrate […]
August 24, 2015

Why Owning a Patent Means You Should Sell Your Company

Owning a valuable patent can be a very costly proposition, particularly for a small business. The legal requirements associated with getting a patent granted are […]
August 18, 2015

Buyers: Bridging the Business Value Gap

This post is the second in a series outlining how buyers and sellers can bridge the business valuation gap. A number of macroeconomic factors are […]
August 17, 2015

Sell-Side M&A: Bridging the Business Value Gap

The business buyer-seller value gap is a very natural phenomenon. Bridging said gap can be difficult, even for the most seasoned entrepreneur or transaction advisor. […]
July 24, 2015

Most Popular Business Valuation Methods (and When to Use Them)

If you want to evaluate how your own business is doing, or if you’re in the market to buy another business and want to know […]
June 27, 2015

How to Raise Equity for an Acquisition

Debt is easy (relatively speaking). It always will be. The debt portion of the overall capital structure is what most traditional bank financiers chase all […]
June 26, 2015

Granting Stock to Charities and Non-Profits in Your Public Offering

Perhaps nothing is more magical than the immediate accretive value-add to equity shareholders that occurs when shares change from a closed private company to a […]