How to buy a company with Doug Lovette, Managing Director at Third Coast Capital Advisors - Advising companies and private equity firms on growth through acquisition

Buying a company is one of the most expensive purchases possible. Investment bankers facilitate the buying and selling of companies and related financing. This episode focuses on the process of advising companies and investment firms to help the buying go smoothly. Doug Lovette is the founder and Managing Director of Third Coast Capital Advisors, a firm that helps private equity groups and companies develop a strategy to grow by buying other companies. Once the strategy is developed, Doug and his team find companies to buy, secure the interest of business owners and manage all sides throughout the process. This episode is relevant to anyone looking to buy a company, sell their family business or manage a very important relationship. Third Coast Capital Advisors: https://www.thirdcoastca.com/team Find Justin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinpfortier Jargon Middle Market = companies between roughly $50M-1B in revenue Sell-side = activities related to selling companies, shares in companies or debt Buy-side = activities related to buying companies, shares in companies or debt Private Equity - investment groups that own private companies (not trading on the stock market) and assets M&A = mergers and acquisitions Merger = joining two companies Acquisition = buying a company Related Videos Wharton panel on growth through acquisition: https://youtu.be/p0Bx6UtherQ Talk on managing client relationships by Goldman Sachs Partner Jim Donovan: https://youtu.be/z8kqCIxXTEw