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Thought Leadership

From Growth to Exit: M&A Done Right

At G-Spire Group, we’re dedicated to helping businesses grow through strategic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and value-driven exit planning. Leading our clients’ corporate development efforts, we build and execute a roadmaps that maximizes growth, stability, and enterprise value. Our approach integrates corporate development and exit strategy, ensuring that each acquisition and growth initiative aligns with ...
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Thought Leadership

A Programmatic Approach to M&A – Part Two

Due to the engagement, questions, and interest generated by our first article, The Case for a Programmatic Approach to M&A, we’re excited to take a deeper dive into how we implement this strategy at G-Spire Group. In this follow-up, we’ll offer practical examples and discuss key elements that form the foundation of a successful programmatic ...
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Thought Leadership

Mergers & Acquisitions: Strategy Planning

Transform Your Strategic Planning with G-Spire Group In this video, Ryan reveals how to create a strategic plan and M&A growth plan that drives real results. Too often, strategic plans become cumbersome documents that collect dust on a shelf. At G-Spire Group, we take a different approach—one that is practical, actionable, and designed to move ...
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Courtside Stories

Transforming Business Owners into CEOs: A Common Scenario

In the latest Courtside Story, we examine a hypothetical scenario that reflects the challenges many business owners face and how G-Spire Group can assist in addressing them. Scenario: Consider a $20 million revenue business—like a manufacturing, distribution company, or contractor. Despite its success, the business faces typical obstacles that hinder further growth and strategic development. ...
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Thought Leadership

Creating a Valuation Framework – Part 2

Part 2 of the Valuation Framework delves into the critical aspects of business valuation, offering practical guidance for enhancing business value, particularly in the context of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). The article emphasizes that while buying right is essential, significant value can be generated post-purchase through operational excellence and strategic planning. Key Takeaways from Valuation ...
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Thought Leadership

11 Key Strategies to Streamline the Sale Process of Your Business – Insights from the Buyer’s Perspective

As a privately held business owner, you can find a lot of content out there on how to maximize the value of your business’s sale.  While much of this advice is valuable, this article takes a unique approach by offering insights from the buyer’s perspective. With our extensive experience in strategic mergers and acquisitions, the ...
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Thought Leadership

Integrating your Integration Plan

In the dynamic landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), the process of integrating an acquisition into your existing business is one of the most critical aspects of determining the level of success and impact the acquisition will have on your company. While the actual integration phase technically begins after the deal has been finalized and ...
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Thought Leadership

Navigating Valuations: The Pivotal Influence of Interest Rates

This article delves into the intricate relationship between interest rates and M&A valuations, exploring the profound implications of fluctuating interest rates on the dynamics of mergers and acquisitions. As M&A professionals navigate the complex landscape of deal-making, understanding how interest rates influence valuation metrics becomes paramount. This article aims to provide insights into the multifaceted ...
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Thought Leadership

Navigating M&A Success in 2024: Unveiling Our Proven Approach to M&A Growth

Embark on a journey of Navigating M&A Success in 2024 with G-Spire Group, a dynamic professional services firm committed to catalyzing growth through strategic mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships. In this comprehensive overview, discover our unique approach as fractional executives, going beyond conventional advisory roles to actively execute vital components for M&A-driven growth. With a successful ...
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Thought Leadership
Ryan Goral

What is Corporate Development and why does it matter to privately held companies in the lower-middle market?

What is Corporate Development? Corporate development is the business function of growing companies through strategic mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and alliances. This function also is responsible for supporting the divesting of certain assets or divisions of an organization. Big publicly traded companies have whole departments whose main function is to support the organization’s strategic plan by

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Courtside Stories
Ryan Goral

Courtside Story #2 – ABC PropCo Property Management Company

ABC PropCo (“The Company”) was established in 2015 as a growing and budding property management company serving property owners in the Denver Metro area. Its sole owner (Joe) was a hands-on entrepreneur as he managed every facet of the business. He enjoyed a steady growth rate as he added customers, employees and operational capacities as

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Courtside Stories
Ryan Goral

Courtside Story #1 – Absolute Commercial Cleaners

*Note, company name and key information was redacted and/or changed to maintain confidentiality. “You are either growing or you are dying, there is no staying the same.” Absolute Commercial Cleaners (“ACC” or “The Company”) is a 30 year old commercial cleaning and maintenance company that provides janitorial and property maintenance services to its customers who

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News
Ryan Goral

Introducing G-Spire Group

It is with pleasure and excitement to be introducing G-Spire Group to my community and I wanted to provide some context to my motivations and vision for the company. Over the years, I have advised, consulted, invested, and/or funded hundreds of buy-side mergers and acquisition transactions and a few common characteristics and challenges continued to

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