<![CDATA[River Guides]]>Candid conversations and practical insights with M&A advisors and former business owners covering business succession and divestments.

The podcast was born to help business owners prepare for an exit, make more informed decisions, and better understand the financial, professional, and emotional realities of stepping away from something they spent years building.

In each episode I will break down a key element of the business-sale process into practical, actionable advice.

]]>https://riverside.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:46:01 GMTTue, 04 Aug 2026 00:59:32 GMT60Francisco Barrio<p>Candid conversations and practical insights with M&amp;A advisors and former business owners covering business succession and divestments.<br /><br />The podcast was born to help business owners prepare for an exit, make more informed decisions, and better understand the financial, professional, and emotional realities of stepping away from something they spent years building.</p><p></p><p>In each episode I will break down a key element of the business-sale process into practical, actionable advice.</p>episodicFrancisco Barriofbarrio@northernpasscapital.comno<![CDATA[EP 001 - Roland Yang - The Buyer's Vantage]]>Most owners sell a business once. The person across the table has done it dozens of times. In the debut episode of River Guides, Roland Yang, Principal at Trilogy Search Partners opens the buyer's playbook: what a buyer seeks to understand before ever opening the financials, when founder dependence goes from normal to deal-breaking, why the hardest deals to close are often the ones where bad news arrived late, and what separates transitions that work from handoffs that fall apart.

Trilogy Search Partners has spent over a decade backing entrepreneurs who buy one business and run it themselves, serving as lead investor on more than 90 acquisitions. Roland sits on the boards of businesses that have just changed hands, often alongside the founders who sold them, giving him a rare view of what happens after the deal closes.

]]>5dda8270-f0f4-4d78-9974-a397a3243c55Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:10:13 GMT<p>Most owners sell a business once. The person across the table has done it dozens of times. In the debut episode of River Guides, Roland Yang, Principal at Trilogy Search Partners opens the buyer's playbook: what a buyer seeks to understand before ever opening the financials, when founder dependence goes from normal to deal-breaking, why the hardest deals to close are often the ones where bad news arrived late, and what separates transitions that work from handoffs that fall apart.</p><p></p><p>Trilogy Search Partners has spent over a decade backing entrepreneurs who buy one business and run it themselves, serving as lead investor on more than 90 acquisitions. Roland sits on the boards of businesses that have just changed hands, often alongside the founders who sold them, giving him a rare view of what happens after the deal closes.</p>no00:27:2511EP 001 - Roland Yang - The Buyer's Vantagefull