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M&A and capital formation for middle-market founders, from a banker who cares what the sale makes possible.
DBD Investment Bank
Going Beyond the Deal
Dimensions of Vitality
Board Member
The work at DBD
Sell-side M&A and capital formation. If you’re starting to think about either, the first step is a conversation.
About the work
Going Beyond the Deal
The podcast. Founders and dealmakers on what a business is worth, and what life looks like on the other side.
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The books
One about the life a business should serve. One, in progress, about the craft of bringing the work in.
Both booksThe deal is a moment. What comes after is the point: the succession secured, the family provided for, the next chapter funded.
That conviction runs through everything here, and it’s why the podcast is called what it’s called.
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From janitor to billion-dollar banker
J. Michael’s path didn’t start in a bank. It started with a band, then a janitor’s mop, then just about every job in between. What carried him to Managing Director is the same thing he now helps founders build: vitality, aligned with the work.
