Chicago Master Consulting d/b/a Sell Side Quarterbacks  are player-coaches with a roll-up our sleeves work ethic to help make your business as attractive as possible to as many potential buyers as possible - and free up your time to continue running the business you have built.  When it comes to every aspect of preparing a company for sale and managing the sales process, we have been there, done that as serial entrepreneurs with decades of experience building and managing companies from divisions of multi-national firms to early stage start-ups and turnarounds.  We have faced  many of the difficult decisions you will face along the path in selling your company and can offer seasoned advice and expertise on how to achieve your goals.

What we do

• Sell-Side 

  • Advise company owners and manage the process of selling the company.

  • Develop a clear understanding of your goals in buying your business or buying another company.

  • Ask tough questions about your business, probing your company with the mindset of a buyer to uncover the strengths and weaknesses of your company and then work with you to bridge the gaps where necessary.

  • Maintain strict confidentiality and guide you on the internal communication process.

  • Organize all of the relevant information about your business and your company  into reports and schedules in a virtual data room - providing everything needed for a buyer to value your company as much as you do. 

  • Market your company to a large number of potential buyers.

  • Manage negotiations with potential buyers at your direction.

  • Manage the due diligence process to minimize disruption of your business.

  • Work closely with the transaction attorneys and lawyers to move the sale along to closure as quickly as possible.

• Buy-Side 

  • Advise Clients and manage the acquisition process from identifying target companies through acquisition and post-acquisition integration.

  • Develop a clear understanding of your goals in buying your business or buying another company.

  • Ask tough questions about your business, probing your company with the mindset of a buyer to uncover the strengths and weaknesses of your company and then work with you to bridge the gaps where necessary.

  • Maintain strict confidentiality and guide you on the internal communication process.

  • Request all of the relevant information about the target company and organize it into a virtual data room to provide answers to critical questions and develop insights leading to furthering an understanding of the risks associated with acquiring a company.

  • Manage negotiations with potential acquisitions at your direction.

  • Manage the due diligence process to minimize disruption of your business.

  • Work closely with the transaction attorneys and lawyers to move the sale along to closure as quickly as possible.

  • Work with your management team to develop an integration plan charting out the critical first 100 days

What we won't do

• Dictate what you must or must not do to sell your company or buy another company.

• Choose the buyer for you if you are selling your company or choose the acquisition target if you are looking to buy another company.

• Finance the sale of your business or the acquisition of another company.

• Walk away from you when the going gets tough.