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October 20, 2023

Buying What's Not In The Numbers

By Adam Burroughs

Randy Overton says in health care M&A in recent years, he's seen all kinds of books. "All of the sudden, everybody is the most valuable company in the world," says Overton, CFO of FastPace Health.

July 7, 2023

John Cerasuolo On Making The Leap To A New Industry Focus

John Cerasuolo leads incredibly acquisitive companies. At ADS Security, he led the business through 45 acquisitions in a direct-to-owner model that relied on relationships and an internal team to

April 14, 2023

How to get a FAIR deal

MATH Venture Partners' Mert Iseri and Mark Achler, along with UBS's James Jack and Ryan Wood, on the valuable personal lessons they've learned over several successful exits.

February 24, 2023

VendEngine Revs Up Revenue Prior to Sale

Silas Deane on his company, VendEngine, Inc.,which created a way to improve the process of gifting money to inmates and later sold the company for $83 million.

May 13, 2021

Darrell Freeman on firing himself to grow his business

When serial entrepreneur Darrell Freeman was running Zycron, an information technology company he founded in 1991, the market decided that he wasn't the best person to run it. So he fired himself.

April 24, 2020

Burr & Forman's Tucker Herndon: Stay Calm

While there is plenty of reason for concern in the M&A space right now, C. Tucker Herndon has some firm advice for business owners.

February 27, 2020

2020 Dealmaker of the Year Awards, Nashville

Smart Business Dealmakers is recognizing some top deals and dealmakers in the Nashville region. Here are the 2020 Dealmaker of the Year Award winners!

January 23, 2020

The State of M&A In Nashville

As the Smart Business Dealmakers Conference heads to Nashville to put M&A center stage, we asked top local dealmakers give their assessment of the state of the Nashville M&A scene.

January 3, 2020

Deal Us In

Dealmaking has become a part of the playbook for companies competing in the market today. We talked to some of Nashville's top dealmakers to learn how M&A is being woven into strategic plans — sometimes from the start — as a means of growth.