[ezekiel11]

thanks I feel good now, I almost turned down a 4-bagger offer until I read your comment, but I am a bit wary, the new CFO is a bit of an unknown. am I going to show up on his radar now? I feel like the business can't run without what I built and my maintenance, in-depth knowledge of the critical business processes.

[jollybean]

Oh Jesus, get an investment banker to help you with these things, don't worry to much about what random 'me' has to say about it. I mean - it's actually not that complicated at the end of the day once someone becomes 'financially literate' but the underlying conditions of any deal matter 100x more than general patter of VC, PE and interest rates. There are people (investment bankers) who do this day and and day out and it's like riding a bicycle to them. Find one who cares enough to know about the details and doesn't push you into a deal because they want the commission, which will be their big incentive. They may just require a fee. Try your peer network out for that.

[simtel20]

All PE overlords are not the same. Learn what the company's style is and base your decision on how they've handled their other investments. Did they gut it and continue to run a husk? Did they buy companies to change leadership and then sell it to be an "add on" to other PE investments? Did they cut costs, load.on a reasonable amount of debt, take it public again and remain on the board and reap the rewards? All that and more could happen, and you will see your future in what has been done to other acquired companies.