One headline this week should make every business owner sit up:
"JPMorgan to pursue smaller deals."
The world's biggest bank is building a team to buy companies a fraction of its usual size.
Territory that used to belong to boutique advisers and regional players.
And where JPMorgan goes, private equity follows.
Then family offices.
Then trade buyers.
That’s potentially good news for business owners thinking about an exit in the next few years.
Institutional money that’s willing to pay higher multiples for privately held businesses.
But institutional money doesn't chase every business. It chases acquisition-ready ones.
In other words, businesses that no longer depend on their owners.
And those owners having time to work on building strategic value, not being stuck at the coalface.
The serious money has arrived.
The only question is whether your business is ready to take advantage of it.
