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Advice to Sellers in the Current Market
Rick Murphy
July 26, 2022
Recession-resistant IT Services M&A Rolls On Thanks to the IT Services market’s “essential” status, inflation, the war in Ukraine and the current labor shortage are ...
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Get the Highest Value When You Sell
Rick Murphy
February 21, 2022
Rick Murphy CEO & Managing Partner As a company whose primary mission is to serve as a buy-side advisor to IT companies on their acquisition ...
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Cogent Growth Partners Advises LeadingIT on Acquisition of CLASS Computing
Rick Murphy
October 6, 2021
Growing Cybersecurity IT Firm Seizes Opportunity to Add Engineering Talent ATLANTA – October 14, 2021 – Cogent Growth Partners, a buy-side intermediary for mergers and ...
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Trust and Truth: M&A Bedrocks
Rick Murphy
September 28, 2021
Trust and truth form the bedrock of every successful merger and acquisition. Faith and respect between the buyer and the seller are fundamental to creating ...
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Cogent Growth Partners Advises HBK CPA in Acquisition of Leading MSP Vertical Solutions
Rick Murphy
September 28, 2021
Combining Tax, Accounting and Managed IT Services Provides More Effective Response to Client Needs ATLANTA – September 28, 2021 – Cogent Growth Partners, a buy-side ...
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IT Services Acquisitions: Opportunity First with a Bit of Therapy
Rick Murphy
July 29, 2021
Information Technology (IT) played a big role in how companies large and small managed their way through last year’s unexpected sea change in business operations. ...
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Focus on the Opportunity First
Rick Murphy
April 20, 2021
IT M&A – it is a heady place to be right now. If you’re contemplating selling, or perhaps becoming a buyer, it’s easy to get ...
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Hello world!
Rick Murphy
May 8, 2019
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
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Cogent Growth Partners’ CEO Rick Murphy on Podcast ‘Confessions of an IT Business Owner’
Rick Murphy
April 12, 2019
Our friends at Connect Booster host a great Podcast to help leaders in the IT industry learn from their peers. Rick Murphy, CEO of Cogent ...
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Covering your Assets: 5 Critical Attributes of Customer Contracts
Rick Murphy
March 22, 2019
Recurring revenue may be king in driving the increased value of IT Service companies today. However, the quality of the Contracts that back up the ...
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