You're forty-five minutes into the technical panel, walking the room through your valuation of a live mid-market carve-out. Sarah Jenkins, Head of M&A, cuts you off mid-sentence: your EBITDA multiple is a full turn ahead of anything on her screen. She wants to know where that number came from before you go any further. The rest of the panel has stopped writing.
How do you defend the multiple?
She'll take apart whichever line you take.
Make it yours — optional
Your real setting, your numbers, or what you want pushed on. They'll use yours over ours — and won't invent anything you haven't told them.
Headphones recommended. You'll get a written assessment at the end.
Or try a different room