{"id":2999,"date":"2014-09-28T10:34:06","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T17:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/?p=2999"},"modified":"2015-01-28T12:58:36","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T20:58:36","slug":"warren-buffett-strategy-selling-your-business-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/warren-buffett-strategy-selling-your-business-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Warren Buffett&#8217;s Strategy, Selling Your Business, and Other Topics in Podcast Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was interviewed recently by a very good business broker, Jim Cumbee of the Tennessee Valley Group. \u00a0I have gotten to know Jim this year as we worked on a transaction and we had a fun discussion about several topics including:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-3007\" src=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TNVGrp.png\" alt=\"selling your business podcast\" width=\"198\" height=\"73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TNVGrp.png 330w, https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TNVGrp-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/TNVGrp-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lessons learned about selling your business<\/li>\n<li>Warren <a title=\"Business Buyers According to Warren Buffett: Competitors, Flippers, or Berkshire Hathaway!\" href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/warren-buffett-letter-about-business-buyers-to-business-owners\/\">Buffett&#8217;s strategy<\/a> of being a different type of buyer than a strategic (meaning &#8220;competitor&#8221;), or a financial buyer (meaning &#8220;private equity&#8221;) and how my investment fund, Greybull Stewardship also is a different type of buyer<\/li>\n<li>Importance of alignment among buyers and sellers on their objectives for the transaction<\/li>\n<li>Discussion of a specific acquisition and how we crafted the transaction to meet everyone&#8217;s objectives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Selling your business podcast<\/h3>\n<p>The podcast can be found at this link:\u00a0<a title=\"Mason Myers podcast\" href=\"http:\/\/tnvalleygroup.com\/entrepreneurs-ma-journal-episode-17-interview-with-mason-myers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Entrepreneur&#8217;s M&amp;A Journal Episode 17 with Mason Myers<\/a>. \u00a0The 27-minute podcast explores my history with Greybull Stewardship as an investment partner through the seven deals I&#8217;ve put together so far. \u00a0It is also contains\u00a0several stories about business sales and purchases. It tells about what&#8217;s been most difficult: understanding how to find the best fit for seller and buyer. If you like to hear stories about buying and selling businesses from two inquiring minds, take a listen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Posts and Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Business Buyers According to Warren Buffett: Competitors, Flippers, or Berkshire Hathaway!\" href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/warren-buffett-letter-about-business-buyers-to-business-owners\/\">Business Buyers According to Warren Buffett: Competitors, Flippers &amp; Berkshire Hathaway!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"9 Lessons Learned About Selling A Business\" href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/lessons-selling-a-business\/\">9\u00a0lessons learned about selling a business<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Quality of Earnings in Due Diligence: What You Need to Know\" href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/quality-of-earnings-due-diligence\/\">Quality of earnings inside due diligence: what you need to know<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nine Secrets for Avoiding Failed Business Acquisitions\" href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/avoid-failed-business-acquisitions\/\">Secrets about what to avoid before a business acquisition fails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1411835931615_1974\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1411835931615_1973\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"postmeta_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"postmeta classifications small\"><span class=\"post_categories\">Categories:<a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/category\/financing-funding\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Business Financing &amp; Funding<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/category\/financing-funding\/business-financial-strategy\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Perfect Financial Structure of a Business (a series)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/category\/sell-a-business-or-buy-a-business\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sell or Buy a Business<\/a><\/span><br \/><span class=\"post_tags\">Tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/tag\/berkshire-hathaway\/\" rel=\"tag\">Berkshire Hathaway<\/a>, <a 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business<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/tag\/warren-buffett\/\" rel=\"tag\">Warren Buffett<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was interviewed recently by a very good business broker, Jim Cumbee of the Tennessee Valley Group. \u00a0I have gotten to know Jim this year as we worked on a transaction and we had a fun discussion about several topics including: Lessons learned about selling&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/masonmyers.com\/warren-buffett-strategy-selling-your-business-podcast\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,26,11],"tags":[30,79,131,57,38,47,13,121,16,87,25,29],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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