As appeared on crn.com
By Joseph F. Kovar
November 17, 2021, 03:25 PM EST
A lot of factors are involved in determining if and when an MSP should engage in a merger or acquisition deal. And now, at a time when the MSP M&A space is red-hot, many have questions about understanding a company’s value, its cultural fit, and how different buyers including private equity firms approach the deal.
The presentation will explain how owners can get the most for their IT company if selling now or later
ATLANTA – November 4, 2021 – Cogent Growth Partners' CEO and Managing Partner Rick Murphy will be presenting as part of Marketopia’s 4U2GROW Conference at ConnectWise IT Nation Connect 2021 being held November 10 – 12 in Orlando, Florida.
Information Technology (IT) played a big role in how companies large and small managed their way through last year’s unexpected sea change in business operations. Virtually overnight, companies with a handful of offices had to move their centralized operations to hundreds of remote, mostly residential locations while also keeping their data safe and secure. America’s 30,000 IT services companies, the outsourcers who manage information technology operations for their clients, made that happen.
To read Bruce’s full blog post: https://www.cogentgrowthpartners.com/2021/05/the-high-cost-of-waiting-to-sell-your-it-services-business/
Cogent Growth Partners, a buy-side M&A intermediary, recently advised Aldridge in the acquisition of two MSPs, ENTRUST and Tarrant Tech. Listen to the panel recording to hear the former owners of ENTRUST and Tarrant Tech join Aldridge and Cogent for a candid discussion around the recent acquisitions and what it took to get the deals done.