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How do you answer the question "Why does the buyer in 5 years not just buy the company now?"
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Answer to why buyer in 5 years doesn't buy now is risk profile, execution, and uncertainty. In 5 years more growth occurs and the company's uncertainty has changed to a different form that the new buyer is comfortable with (again this doesn't mean necessarily less uncertainty or more profitability, etc.)
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