#1890 What should you know before buying or selling a software business?

A few of the founders I have interviewed have either bought or sold businesses through today’s guest. Thomas Smale is the founder of FE International, a website broker. They started with small deals but are now brokering $50M deals. I want to ask him about growing this type of company as well as his process for evaluating a company’s worth.

Thomas Smale is the founder of FE International, a website broker.

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