Topic Title:
Selling Your Business for Maximum Value in a Competitive M&A Process

What attendees will learn:
- How professional buyers value businesses
- Valuation examples from live deals
- Eight ways business Owners can increase valuation
- We will also present a case study on a successful sale of an e-commerce lifestyle firm to Private Equity

Speaker Bio - Kevin Berson, President of Kinected Advisors:

Kevin Berson is the founder of Kinected Advisors, a Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor (M&A) and Strategy Consulting firm.  Kinected helps lower-middle market business owners (businesses generating $5M-$50M in annual revenue) navigate the process of selling their businesses for maximum value.  Kevin and his team provide an end-to-end service, beginning with an opinion of value, then creating a customized marketing strategy, finding and managing buyers through a controlled auction process, facilitating diligence, purchase agreement negotiation, through to the post-closing transition.

Prior to founding Kinected in 2014, Kevin spent 18 years with Technicolor and Arthur Andersen. Kevin received his BA from UCLA and is a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI) and Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI).

Kevin is a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI), a Certified Business Broker (CBB), a Merger & Acquisition Master Intermediary (M&AMI), and a licensed Broker through the California Bureau of Real Estate.

Kevin was honored by his alma mater UCLA as one of the top 100 Bruin-founded companies and was recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as an Investment Banking Leader of Influence for 2021 and 2022.