David Prowse interviews Joe Graci, CEPA, Managing Director, Ontario at M&A Club Canada, on the most expensive habit in privately held Canadian business: owner dependency. A founder-led company is a riskier asset, and buyers price that risk into the offer. Joe and David cover where dependency hides, how it compresses valuation, and the steps that move a company from founder-led to transferable.
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