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Selling an AI Company to a Strategic vs Private Equity
Selling a Business

Selling an AI Company to a Strategic vs Private Equity

What changes when the target is an AI business: what each buyer is really pricing, where diligence diverges, how structure differs, and a side-by-side comparison of strategics, sponsors and AI-enabled consolidators.

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Earn-Outs in Tech M&A: How They Work and How to Negotiate Them
Selling a Business

Earn-Outs in Tech M&A: How They Work and How to Negotiate Them

How an earn-out structure works in tech M&A: revenue vs EBITDA vs milestone triggers, typical size and duration, seller protections, and when to take cash.

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Is Now a Good Time to Sell an AI Company, and How Long Does It Take?
Selling a Business
Valuations

Is Now a Good Time to Sell an AI Company, and How Long Does It Take?

A dated read on where software valuations sit in October 2026, what that means for AI sellers, and a stage-by-stage view of how long an AI business sale actually runs.

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What Is a Reverse Acquihire, and Should You Accept One?
Selling a Business

What Is a Reverse Acquihire, and Should You Accept One?

A plain explanation of the reverse acquihire structure, what the reported deals paid and to whom, where the money lands in practice, and a checklist of questions to answer before accepting one.

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Agency Valuation Multiples in 2026: Marketing, Creative, and Dev Shop Benchmarks
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Agency Valuation Multiples in 2026: Marketing, Creative, and Dev Shop Benchmarks

Agency valuation multiples in 2026: EBITDA benchmarks by agency type and size, the value drivers that move the number, and agency earn-out data.

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Website and Content Business Valuation Multiples in 2026
Valuations

Website and Content Business Valuation Multiples in 2026

Website valuation multiples in 2026 for content sites, blogs, newsletters and communities, with multiples by monetization and traffic risk adjustments.

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Sell-Side Due Diligence: The Checklist to Complete Before Buyers Ever Look
Building a Business
Selling a Business
FE International Blog

Sell-Side Due Diligence: The Checklist to Complete Before Buyers Ever Look

A sell-side due diligence checklist is the set of financial, legal, technical and commercial checks a seller runs on its own business before going to market, so buyers verify what you present rather than discover it. This guide covers how sell-side due diligence differs from vendor due diligence, the four workstreams with the exact documents to assemble for each, how to prove revenue quality before a buyer tests it, which contracts and IP documents must be clean, what a buyer's code and open source scan will find, whether your cohort data survives commercial diligence, the issues that surface late and what they cost, how a sell-side quality of earnings report compresses the timeline from LOI to close, and a 90-day preparation plan.

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How to Sell a Mobile App in 2026: Valuation, Buyers, and Process
Selling a Business
Valuations
Building a Business

How to Sell a Mobile App in 2026: Valuation, Buyers, and Process

To sell a mobile app in 2026, price it on a multiple of trailing net earnings, assemble cohort and channel evidence, run a confidential process with the buyer pool that fits your size, agree terms, then transfer the app through App Store Connect and Google Play Console. This guide covers what a mobile app is worth in 2026 with valuation multiples by monetization model, how subscription and ad-supported apps are priced differently, what buyers check in diligence (retention cohorts, paid versus organic installs, platform risk, transferability), how to prepare for sale, where app deals happen by size and who is buying, the step-by-step process, the full App Store and Google Play transfer checklist, deal structures and terms, and how the 2026 Apple and Google Play fee changes affect your margin.

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Ecommerce Valuation Multiples in 2026: DTC, Shopify, and Amazon FBA Benchmarks
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Buying a Business
Selling a Business
Building a Business
FE International Blog

Ecommerce Valuation Multiples in 2026: DTC, Shopify, and Amazon FBA Benchmarks

This article is part of our Valuation by Business Model series, in which we provide you with information on what makes your particular business model unique when it comes to…

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