Successful Liquidity & Exit Strategies for Government Contractors
Selling a business under normal circumstances is a high-stakes endeavor. Recent changes in the market such as sequestration, intensified competition, tighter pricing with narrower margins in a low price technically acceptable (“LPTA”) procurement era, along with changes to the tax laws form a complex environment for liquidity and exit alternatives for government contractors.
All of these factors are impacting acquisition activity, valuations, deal terms, and structures. Despite these changes, acquisitions are still being made, but more than ever owners must prepare carefully for a successful sale and liquidity alternatives.
In this presentation, you'll learn about: Valuation drivers and recommendations for increasing the value of your business
Featuring:
Sarah Djamshidi
President & Managing Partner
Speedshift Ventures
Ms. Djamshidi brings more than a decade of capital formation, business challenge assessment, go-to-market strategies, growth and exit planning and advisory service for emerging tech companies to Speedshift Ventures.
She has advised high-profile, technology-based firms and early-stage tech companies and led public-private-partnership organizations with great success. She has earned her reputation as a detail-oriented executive leader who can synthesize complex business challenges to uncover solutions and opportunities for entrepreneurs.
She led the Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC), a national and cyber security accelerator where she spearheaded partnerships to facilitate contracts for homeland and cyber security projects. During her tenure at CIC, she coached more than 200 innovative technology companies nationwide. CIC companies have raised more than $100 million in private capital and more than $300 million in government contracts.
As Director of the University of Maryland’s Technology Advancement Program (TAP), Sarah helped to raise $20 million for portfolio companies. She also was instrumental in the design, development, and implementation of the University ’s first technology spin-out program, MTECH VentureAccelerator.
Sarah also served as the President of Maryland Business Incubation Association (MBIA), an association of more than 20 incubators and accelerators supporting more than 400 emerging companies throughout the State of Maryland.
In addition, she launched and managed a successful retail business.
