Michael McGrath, Author at Oasis Partners

Author: Michael McGrath

4 December 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Latest, Managing an SME, Markets, Preparing to Exit, Sector Insight

What’s Next – With Tom Waterhouse

Back in June 2024, I had the chance to chat with Tom Waterhouse on The Troubleshooters Podcast. We covered a lot of ground, but one topic really stuck with me—the big question most business owners face after selling: what’s next? It’s something I hear all the time from clients, and Tom’s experience sheds light on that particular dilemma.

27 November 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Latest, Managing an SME, Markets, Preparing to Exit, Sector Insight

Amazon and The Big Two

I’ve been predicting the demise of the grocers for three decades! By and large I’ve been wrong or let’s just say it’s taking longer than I expected. Carrie LaFranz in last week's AFR has an interesting take on this subject.

20 November 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Latest, Managing an SME, Markets, Preparing to Exit, Sector Insight

Confessions of a Bulldust Detector

James Thompson has written a piece in the AFR citing Gary Wiess' advice to CFO’s, suggesting, they focus on the numbers, “of course.” He goes on to say “At the very basic level, it is the accumulation of the financial data in a cohesive, coherent manner that can be understood.” Sounds simple but as Weiss says, “it’s not always a given.”

6 November 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Managing an SME, Preparing to Exit

Our Thoughts on Leadership

Leadership is critical. The ability to guide, influence and have others follow you, carries great responsibility.

16 October 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Managing an SME, Preparing to Exit

Mike’s Story

In my first experience with selling a business, I scaled up from a single pizza delivery shop to 84 stores, only to realize I had undersold the business. Here's what I learned during my first M&A deal and why you shouldn’t rush in without some help.

18 September 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Managing an SME, Preparing to Exit

A Business Lesson from Mike: When a Giant Buyer Comes Knocking

Selling your business is likely to involve a major mismatch in terms of the scale and size of the likely buyer. Getting in the ring with them by yourself and without a clear strategy, might not work out so well for you.

4 September 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Managing an SME, Preparing to Exit

10 Steps You Need To Follow Before Selling Your Business

Selling a business isn't like selling a house. A business is a dynamic asset—customers, management, staff, stock, IP, and goodwill all contribute. The key is to always run your business professionally and profitably, focusing on value creation and risk mitigation. So why wait until you’re ready to sell? Here are my top 10 tips to prepare your business before you sell.

28 August 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Managing an SME, Preparing to Exit

The Hidden Dangers of Publicising Your Business Sale

Publicising your intention to sell makes your business vulnerable to perceptions of instability among staff, competitors, clients, and suppliers. Small to medium-sized companies are delicately balanced, and the last thing an owner needs is staff hearing rumours that the business is for sale.

8 August 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Latest, Managing an SME, Markets, Preparing to Exit, Sector Insight

Sell, Sell, Sell, The Media Overload

We are often asked at Oasis Partners, when there is market volatility or other geopolitical uncertainties, whether it’s still a good time to sell a business. The reality is that we are selling most of our clients to much larger corporate acquirers where there are strong synergies and reasons to do a deal.

23 July 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Latest, Managing an SME, Markets, Preparing to Exit, Sector Insight

The Rising Retirement Age: Implications for Business Owners

At Oasis Partners we are seeing about half our transactions are shareholders selling for age related reasons, retirement or health. The other half are selling for other reasons such as wanting a change or feeling that a merger would provide benefits at their particular stage of the business lifecycle.

17 July 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Latest, Managing an SME, Markets, Preparing to Exit, Sector Insight

The Boomers are Retiring: Opportunities for Business Buyers

It turns out the average retirement age for Australians is the highest it's been since the 1970s. With apparently 20% of new employment since 2019 being people aged 55 and above!

27 June 2024 . Michael McGrath . Entrepreneurship, Latest, Managing an SME, Markets, Sector Insight

Top CEO reflects on his biggest mistakes

The co-founder and CEO of Koda Capital, Paul Heath, spoke on the ’15 Minutes with the BOSS podcast’ about the biggest mistakes he’s made in his career. He spoke often of change, and the impact that change can have on the people in your organisation.

12 June 2024 . Michael McGrath . Uncategorised

Self-Storage Market: Convenient or Costly?

The self-storage market has fascinated me since I first started to notice the proliferation of Kennards, Storage King and many others 15 years or so ago. The basic concept is that as the cost of property rises and many down-size to smaller dwellings, we require a place to store the precious possessions that we can no longer house in our town house or apartment – so we hire a space elsewhere.

30 May 2024 . Michael McGrath . Acquisitions, Advisory, Latest, Sector Insight

Empty offices – no movement in rents!

John Kehoe wrote a piece in the AFR on April 24th about how the “public service ‘ghost’ offices should rile taxpayers.” Seems like a fair point, if employees are now predominantly working from home (WFH), with 57% of public servants in 2023 doing just that, why are governments and others not reducing or renegotiating floor space and rentals?

21 February 2024 . Michael McGrath . Divestment

Pennington Scott acquired by Galt Geotechnical

Acquired in April 2024: Our client wanted to retire. He had built up a successful pump testing and hydro geology business over many years and was looking at an exit over the next three years with an immediate exit from the day to day running of the business.

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Author: Michael McGrath