Tag: enterprise value

lower middle-market M&A, enterprise value, earnouts, exit readiness

Opinion

The Headline Price Isn’t the Deal: What Lower Middle-Market M&A Data Reveals About Value

Every business owner I meet has a value number in their head. Usually, it is a multiplier they heard at a conference that they applied

Jay Goth August 19, 2026

Innovation ecosystem visualization showing Paris rooftops and arched industrial halls glowing with light at golden hour, with the Eiffel Tower in atmospheric haze beyond

Opinion

What Station F Teaches Us About Building a Real Innovation Ecosystem

In the 13th arrondissement of Paris, a 1920s freight depot sat largely unused for decades – too historic to demolish, too awkward to repurpose. Today

Jay Goth June 2, 2026