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Ted Bililies argues that successful due diligence aligns financial incentives with the operational leaders who manage customer relationships. Chasing the highest bid without assessing buyer fit damages the management team and harms a general partner's reputation on future exits.
Expanding the diligence circle happens when a specific functional leader becomes necessary to defend operational metrics.
“The trigger to widen isn't a date. It's the moment you realize the person who can best defend a part of the story isn't yet allowed to.”
Focusing equity strictly on top executives leaves divisional heads without financial alignment. Sponsors face sudden executive departures when buyers examine the company if they skip an alignment audit 12 to 18 months before a sale.
“The CEO and the CFO almost always have economics that are clear and laid out and aligned. But the divisional heads, the commercial leaders, the people who actually hold the customer relationships frequently don't. And that's where flight risk lives.”
“This is the one sellers are least disciplined about because at the finish line, the highest number is enormously seductive, let's face it. But price and fit are not the same question, and the gap shows up after the close in the management team you spent years building and in the reputation the GP carries into the next deal.”
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