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
Ira helps you simplify the complex and communicate effectively with impact, when the stakes are high. Storytelling in all its forms is his specialty and secret sauce. He founded The Chief Storyteller ® more than 21 years ago to help you be your own “Chief Storyteller.” The Chief Storyteller who consistently Delivers THE Expected Experience™.
Personally, Ira has delivered more than 605 keynotes and workshops, in more than 111 cites, in 11 countries, across more than 30 industries. The majority of his customers are technical professionals — engineers, cyber experts, IT specialists, financiers, healthcare professionals, scientists, risk leaders, and the like — “big-brained,” subject matter experts.
He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business where he teaches communication, business storytelling, data storytelling, and public speaking. The student final is a TED-Style Talk.
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.)
- Scalability. Are your people, products, services, roadmap, etc. ready for growth?
- 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)
