How To Sell Your Business The RIGHT Way - Andy Evans

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/how-to-sell-your-business-the-right-way-andy-evans/id1561175500?i=1000566667466 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/296UnX2YcBAm1AflVSAFIA?si=L1Xr9mlqSl-dun_A8Jw45A Andy Evans is an investor, mentor and serial entrepreneur who has sold 3 companies. Andy was weaned on marketing as a child by his father who was a marketing manager and he was given his first computer in 1981 for Christmas, which his mother said was the first toy he ever had that he didn’t take apart. In 1985, Andy started his first business aged 15, selling concert tickets and trips. In 1999, He founded one of the UK's first digital publishing businesses & first vertical ad-network in the UK, Net Communities, and in 2015 sold it to Future plc. He also founded the UK's first Podcast production company in 2005. Frustrated with ad quality, transparency and brand safety online, Andy co-founded award-winning viewability technology provider OnScroll in 2013, which after tremendous growth, they sold to Sovrn Holdings, Inc. in April 2016, where he worked as CMO until May 2019. Today, Andy now uses the knowledge he has gained to advise, mentor and invest in all kinds of digital businesses from aviation to kids entertainment and of course marketing, martech & adtech. In this episode, Andy and Simon lay out all the essential tips and secrets of finding investment for your company, and how to sell it for the highest amount possible. Topics Andy’s process when investing in businesses How to approach an investor Andy’s first business Giving away equity Map out your investment/equity plan Timing in business How to sell your business Who should you sell to? How to sell your business for more Connect with Andy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andyevans/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2F&originalSubdomain=uk Useful M&A Resources: UK: https://www.leadersleague.com/en/rankings/mergers-acquisitions-large-cap-transaction