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How to Sell a Tech Business: 4 Obstacles Owners Must Beat in 2026

July 20, 2026

By Ryan Kuhn. Since Ryan founded M&A advisor Kuhn Capital, the firm’s principals have initiated 80 mid-market tech industry M&A transactions worth more than $3 billion. Selling a tech company in the $10M - 100M "mid-market" range is a career-defining...

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Avoid the 7 Deadliest Mistakes M&A Buyers Make

February 3, 2026

Since Ryan founded M&A advisor Kuhn Capital, the firm’s principals have initiated 80 mid-market M&A tech transactions worth more than $3 billion. Many promising acquisitions never close, largely due to buyer errors. Avoid the seven deadly mistakes M&A buyers make...

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How to Avoid the 10 Most Common M&A Deal Traps

February 3, 2026

By Ryan Kuhn. Since Ryan founded M&A advisor Kuhn Capital, the firm’s principals have initiated 80 mid-market tech industry M&A transactions worth more than $3 billion. Congratulations. Your M&A advisor has reeled in a particularly promising acquirer for your mid-market...

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Avoid the 5 Ways Business Sellers Kill M&A Deals

February 3, 2026

By Ryan Kuhn. Since Ryan founded M&A advisor Kuhn Capital, the firm's principals have initiated 80 tech industry mid-market M&A transactions together worth more than $3 billion. Congrats. You finally snared a buyer who checks all the boxes. Time to...

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How Buyers Kill M&A Deals

February 3, 2026

By Ryan Kuhn. Since Ryan founded Kuhn Capital, the firm's principals have initiated 80 tech industry M&A deals together worth more than $3 billion. We’ve seen our fair share of promising M&A deals brought down by buyer missteps. They can...

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Ryan Kuhn
Ryan focuses on leveraging the strategic position of clients to maximize their value
  • Managing Director, Westbury Group, mid-market investment bank. Headed TMT practice
  • CEO of clothing brand Lilly Pulitzer now owned by PE firm Oxford Industries
  • CEO Reid Systems, HR data firm now owned by General Dynamics
  • Led investments in software and data companies for large PE firm GTCR
  • Led M&A at publisher McGraw-Hill
  • Board member, First Bank & Trust Company of IL
  • MBA, Harvard Business School. BA, English/Psych, Trinity College (Hartford)
Tim Williamson
Tim specializes in financial analyses, complex model building and valuation
  • Founder, TW Associates, merchant bank
  • Managing Director, Navigant Capital Advisors
  • Partner, EY Corporate Finance
  • Investment banker at Morgan Stanley, PaineWebber, Drexel Burnham, Lambert
  • MBA, Northwestern University. BA, Accounting/Finance, Southern Illinois University
Tom Flaherty
Tom has deep transaction experience with logistics, data processing and for-profit education firms
  • Managing Director, Roundstone Capital, advisor to large PE firms
  • General Partner, tech-focused PE firm Weeden Capital Management
  • General Partner, VC firm Applied Technology Partners
  • Senior ADP executive
  • Graduate studies, Econometrics/Finance, University of Pennsylvania. Instructor of Finance, Wharton. BA, Economics, Southern Connecticut State University
Patrick Richmond
Pat has led M&A and management for a number of data vendors
  • EVP, corpdev at Primark, a global information company now owned by Thomson Reuters
  • President, Primark Analytics, a collection of data/consulting businesses including Yankee Group
  • VP, Data Resources (DRI) econometrics data and consultancy now owned by IHS
  • BA, Economics, University of Kentucky. Graduate studies, Economics, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Kai Chen
Kai helps entrepreneurs like Kuhn Capital clients find promising Silicon Valley early-stage and real estate investment opportunities.
  • Managing Director, OceanIQ Capital
  • Director, Credit Suisse
  • Analyst, Goldman Sachs and Navigant Capital Advisors
  • Board member, Fresh Lifelines for Youth. Governor, ONE Liquidity DAO
  • BA, Business Economics, UCLA
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