Kent Barner - Optimizing Your Technology Due Diligence (#70)

Maximize Business Value Podcast

Keep your technology current! Otherwise your business will suffer in the transition process. Host Tom Bronson is joined by Kent Barner, Principal at CIO Suite, on this episode of the Maximize Business Value Podcast where they discuss technology due diligence. The two exchange stories about acquisitions and strategy going off course because business owners did not invest in current technology needs. This error can lead to technology debt and cybersecurity breaches, which will hinder any company long-term. Listen now to protect your business!

Kent Barner founded CIO Suite to be the Strategic Advisor to C-Level Executives and Business Owners WHEN Technology Matters. As a CIO for 25+ years, he has been the internal advisor to C-Level Executives of high growth entrepreneurial organizations. Most recently, at Behringer’s peak, he delivered CIO services to 15 organizations concurrently. Kent looks to bring this same service to mid-market companies and companies in the M&A space.

Tom Bronson is the founder and President of Mastery Partners, a company that helps business owners maximize business value, design exit strategy, and transition their business on their terms. Mastery utilizes proven techniques and strategies that dramatically improve business value that was developed during Tom’s career 100 business transactions as either a business buyer or seller. As a business owner himself, he has been in your situation a hundred times, and he knows what it takes to craft the right strategy. Bronson is passionate about helping business owners and has the experience to do it. Want to chat more or think Tom can help you? Reach out at [e-mail] or check out his book, Maximize Business Value, Begin with The Exit in Mind (2020).

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Tom Bronson is a serial entrepreneur and business owner. He is currently the founder and President of Mastery Partners, Mastery Mergers & Acquisitions, and the Business Transition Summit. All three companies empower business owners to maximize business value and serve business owners in different capacities to help them achieve their dream exit. As a business owner, Tom has been in your situation a hundred times and knows what it takes to craft the right strategy. Bronson is passionate about helping business owners and has the experience to do it. Tom has two books to help business owners on their journey to a dream exit: "Maximize Business Value Playbook," (2023), and "Maximize Business Value, Begin with the EXIT in Mind," (2020). Both are available on Amazon.
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