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Cristian Anastasiu, Managing Partner of Excendio Advisors, shares his professional insights in the interview “What MSPs Should Know About M&A”.

If you are an MSP owner in the $2M-$5M revenue range, 2025 is the golden year to exit.

As we kick-start 2025, the IT landscape is rapidly evolving, bringing a new wave of challenges and opportunities. Here are five critical risks that the IT community isn’t discussing enough.

In any M&A transaction sellers can ensure they are partnering with the right buyer by conducting thorough reverse due diligence,

What role should a customer’s input play in determining a company’s M&A strategy?

Working capital in mergers & acquisitions transactions can be a somewhat neglected and misunderstood topic.

Cristian Anastasiu, Managing Partner of Excendio Advisors discusses the “8 Ways an M&A Advisor Adds Value”.

Company Culture and M&A…It is commonly accepted knowledge in the industry that company culture plays an important role in mergers & acquisitions.

M&A and IT Due Diligence. In this article we’ll review the standard checklist which is clearly necessary; but we’ll argue that it is dangerously insufficient.

Business owners selling their business that received offers ask themselves: “Is this a good offer?” Leading to the inevitable question “Should I accept it?”

Working capital in M&A is a somewhat neglected and misunderstood topic. Buyers and sellers have oftentimes different expectations.

This article suggests a new model for M&A due diligence and addresses the question: How much risk are we assuming in this transaction?

Excendio Advisor’s Managing Director, Cristian Anastasiu, explains the differences between strategic and financial buyers for M&A transactions.

It’s never too early to prepare for the M&A process. Here are 10 pieces of advice we always share with clients to ensure a successful outcome.

In the final segments of our series, we’ve shifted to the key transaction elements. Last month we discussed purchase and terms…

Buying a Business? Questions to Consider. The process can be a risky, complicated, and expensive process. Tread carefully as mistakes are expensive.

AI is expected to make ERP systems more intelligent, efficient, and user-friendly. Firms in all sectors are looking to invest to stay ahead of the competition.

One typically acquires a firm for several reasons. In M&A much like a musical score, a Variation on a Common Theme can lead a unique result.

In this article, we’ll review some of the major lessons that can be gleaned from what one might call a master class in M&A.

Scaling a business requires careful planning and execution.  Scaling a business is not the same as growing your business.

An M&A Play in Three Acts…Is it a Signal or is it Noise?

What role should a customer’s input play in determining a company’s M&A strategy? A key one, as the following story about Cisco’s first of more than 220 acquisitions suggests…

The premise of this article is that while all businesses like revenue not all forms of revenue are equally valuable.

Business owners develop certain expectations about the M&A process, for many a once in a lifetime event, only to be surprised when they actually go through it.