How do I accelerate my growth trajectory? Should I take on a capital partner? If so, who would I choose and why? How can they help me? Do they take full control of my business? Help!

Learn all about what a growth-equity investor does in this illuminating episode with Mark Bryan from Pemba Capital. For those who’ve not been exposed to a strategic capital partner you’ll find it a super insightful look into one the ways you can seek some external help to speed up your potential exit be that a trade sale, IPO or alternative without losing control of your business.

In this episode, we talk about:03:31 – Overview of Pemba Capital

09:22 – Where It All Started for Mark

11:17 – Reverse Engineering Your Org Structure

13:51 – The Difference Between Capital, and a True Partner

16:45 – Key People in Your Team

20:42 – How to Accelerate Through Buy and Build Strategy

24:01 – The Two Payday Model

26:02 – Who Should be Incentivised

27:24 – Approaches to Business Optimisation

29:36 – Size and Scale Attracts Buyers

31:20 – Agreeing Strategy Before the Sale, Not After

34:16 – Style of Exit Works Back from Founder Motivations

36:08 – How to Evaluate Whether a Capital Partner is Right for You

39:18 – Who Drives the Decisions Post Partnering?

45:12 – Acknowledgement

47:36 – How to Follow Mark and Pemba


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