For Business Owners

Goldner Hawn highly values the relationships we develop with business owners and portfolio company management teams. These relationships are based on mutual respect and trust. We believe that the better we know our partners and their business, and the better they know us, the more helpful we can be as the company grows and develops.

A number of factors can influence a business owner's decision to seek liquidity investment capital, such as a move from public to private ownership, industry consolidation, estate and succession planning, change in management, or a need to increase profitability and growth. We realize a business owner’s motive for selling their business can vary significantly and therefore we take a flexible, customized approach to every business partnership. In many cases, we have acquired majority interest from business owners who maintain an ownership position and active management role going forward.

Our overall strategy is to invest for long-term growth and stay actively involved with our portfolio companies over a period that can range from three to seven years. We find that this time period allows all business partners to fully realize their business goals and financial objectives.

We welcome inquiries from business owners who are currently in the process of selling their business or merely contemplating a sale in the future.