What Buyers and Sellers Need to Know About Each Other

About the Episode

What does a prospective buyer already know about your company? Why is it important that the buyer understands why you want to sell your company? How can you prevent certain issues from coming up that could nix the transaction completely? These are just a few of the questions that M&A folks help sellers understand every day.

Understanding the psychology of the participants in a deal is important in order to work toward the success of the transaction. Ed Murphy, former vice president for strategic transactions at SAIC, is enjoying retired life. Still, he joins us on this edition of Deal Talk to help future sellers understand what a buyer may be thinking and what sellers should do and not do during the sales process.

Meet Our Guest

Ed Murphy

Ed Murphy

Former Senior Vice President of Strategic Transactions at SAIC

Kevin (Ed) Murphy was the former senior vice president of strategic transactions at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a premier technology integrator in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. Now retired, Ed is a member of the board of directors of Workshops for Warriors. Ed has decades of significant experience in various aspects of M&A including valuation, negotiation, integration, and post-close assessments.

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