M&A Communication Coach

COACHING TO MAXIMIZE M&A DEAL VALUE

An M&A firm typically develops a numbers-centric presentation. That’s their expertise. To maximize your company’s value, you also need a compelling story. Your M&A communication coach, Ira Koretsky, excites your prospective buyers with a compelling, “Why buy my company?” story.

Your “Why buy my company?” story truly sets you apart. It is the story that gets prospective buyers excited during your first buyer-seller (management) meeting and stay excited throughout the entire engagement. Your story encompasses the intangibles — culture, drive, passion, mission, and much, much more. You can certainly talk about revenue and profits, customers, products, and services. Every good CEO can. Can you weave a bigger story, to explain in a compelling manner, why your company, THIS company, is more than a set of numbers?

As your M&A communication coach, Ira Koretsky’s (bio) expertise is helping you to develop and deliver a story-centric, high-stakes presentation.

YOUR M&A COMMUNICATION COACH – IRA KORETSKY

DEVELOPING YOUR “WHY BUY MY COMPANY?” STORY

Ira helps you answer your buyer’s most important questions such as:

• Background.  Why was the company started?
• Journey.  What is the company’s journey from day one? And your journey? (especially if you are one of the founders)
• Differentiation.  What makes your company different, special, unique?
• Intangibles.  What’s it like to work there? (culture, drive, passion, mission, values, etc.)
• Reason.  Why are you selling?

BE THE BEST COMMUNICATOR YOU CAN BE

As your M&A communication coach, Ira advises and equips you with the skills and tools to be successful, in your own authentic way. Ira…

• Offers ideas and suggestions sensitive to your background, culture, and preferences
• Is easy to work with, patient, and politely persistent
• Provides advice complemented with hands-on help
• Helps you share your ideas clearly and confidently

There are more than 25 success stories, across coaching and communication services. The ones below focus on communication coaching. Ira shares one M&A communication coach success story about Paula. She sold her $70M family-owned business to her $2.5B rival (Read).

When you have your discovery call/Zoom with Ira, you’ll discuss your goals, status, and progress. He will propose a package of M&A communication coach hours and hands-on services to accelerate your success, ensuring you are comfortable and confident, throughout the engagement. (See below for services)

SERVICES FOR HIGH STAKES M&A PRESENTATIONS

Why Ira? Key Differentiators

When it comes to differentiating factors, these are the ones that make Ira really stand out as your M&A communication coach.

1. Emphasizes storytelling, the oldest and most effective form of communication
2. Active practitioner of what he coaches. He has delivered more than 550 keynotes and workshops, inspiring more than 40,100 people in a dozen countries
3. Adjunct professor of public speaking, data storytelling, and storytelling for more than 10 years
4. Approaches coaching as part advice and part hands-on. He rolls up his sleeves and makes changes to slides, narrative, stories, etc.
5. Includes practical and proven learning materials such as frameworks, tools, worksheets, and tip guides
6. Offers more than 150 Smart Exercises
7. Uses improvisational humor like television’s Whose Line Is It Anyway? in his coaching to improve information retention, participant enjoyment, and impact. Ira performed in over 1,000 shows with ComedySportz
8. Is a techie at heart. He started the computer club in high school. Won a science fair. Was the CIO of an Army hospital. And worked for three managed web hosting companies

COACHING SUCCESS STORIES / PAST PERFORMANCE