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10 key details from flinder's CIM (and how they closed the deal)
Firms aren’t acquired on vision and clarity alone. A CIM must present the necessary details, in the necessary depth, to get acquirers to the table. These are the 10 that worked for flinder.
Alastair Barlow
October 11, 2025
If storytelling skills help sell the ‘why’ behind a firm. What does a CIM need to deliver to convince buyers on the ‘how’?
When writing flinder’s CIM, it was about highlighting the processes we have in place that make our model reliable; how our team was built to succeed; why the business would continue to do well after I had personally exited; our current financials and predictions for growth.
Let’s get into the details…