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How Your IT Infrastructure Affects the Value of Your Business

Contributor Jim Russell of New Direction Partners explains how a company’s technology infrastructure is an important consideration for a potential buyer.

Monday, February 05, 2024

Selling your business can be emotional. You have invested years in building the business, gaining and supporting customers, putting in place an exceptional team and culture and making investments to spur continued growth.

But perhaps now you are getting close to retirement, or wish to pursue new adventures. If you dont have family or partners in place to take over—a succession plan—you might be thinking of looking for a buyer who can carry on the business you have put so much into, continuing to provide the best possible support to your customers and take care of your employees.

There are many things that go into finding the right buyer and negotiating a fair price. Over the past 20 years, New Direction Partners has closed hundreds of M&A deals in the printing, packaging, and display graphics industries. Collectively we have over 200 years of industry experience with transactions in aggregate exceeding $2 billion.


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