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Hear the stories, learn the proven methods, and accelerate your growth and future through entrepreneurship. Welcome to The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan. About the show: For over a decade, The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan has been a leading entrepreneurship podcast for open-book conversations with, by, and for founders. Whether you're starting, building, or dreaming about your business, The Foundr Podcast is where you can access experienced founders who've been in your shoes to learn th ...
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Today, I’m excited to bring back a guest whose first episode was one of the most listened to of Season 1 and in May this year, it topped the charts again as the most streamed episode on Spotify.
Loren Vandegrift is a partner at Business Exits and has brokered over $500 million worth of business sales in just the past five years. He’s also no stranger to the founder journey himself... he previously built and led a couple of tech strategy consulting firms. But it was actually a bad experience selling his own company that motivated him to jump into the world of M&A, determined to give other entrepreneurs a better path than the one he faced.
Full disclosure: Loren was my business broker when I sold my last company in 2020. Because that experience was so positive, we’ve kept in touch, and I’m lucky to now call him a friend. In this episode, we talk about how business brokering has changed in just the past year and a half, and what current trends buyers and sellers should be paying attention to.
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Chapters
1. Loren Vandegrift - 2025 Insights from BUSINESS EXITS broker on sales, values, and trends (00:00:00)
2. Welcome Back with Lauren Vandegrift (00:00:08)
3. Market Shifts & Interest Rate Impacts (00:02:02)
4. Equity Rollovers: The New Normal (00:04:47)
5. Buyer's Market vs Seller's Market (00:08:57)
6. Creative Financing & Deal Structures (00:13:20)
7. Interesting Business Trends & Opportunities (00:18:41)
8. Preparing Your Business for Sale (00:25:17)
9. Valuation Multiples & Industry Insights (00:31:05)
10. Future Skills & Closing Thoughts (00:34:00)
11. Key Episode Takeaways (00:38:41)
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