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Why Your Best Targets Transact With Someone Else

Apr 23, 2026

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3 min read

Why Your Best Targets Transact With Someone Else

Your call sheet isn't stalled because the names are wrong. It's stalled because they all look the same.

Shawn Rothlis
Shawn Rothlis
Every Auction in Your Feed Creates 20 to 40 Targets You Won't See

Apr 21, 2026

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3 min read

Every Auction in Your Feed Creates 20 to 40 Targets You Won't See

Seven major March auctions just signaled the "Shadow Universe." If you aren't at the table in 60 days, your competitors will be.

Shawn Rothlis
Shawn Rothlis
Every Bank and Every Platform Is Competing for the Same Physician. The One With Better Intelligence Wins.

Apr 14, 2026

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9 min read

Every Bank and Every Platform Is Competing for the Same Physician. The One With Better Intelligence Wins.

Sell-side banks and buy-side platforms both call it "sourcing." They mean completely different things. But they share the same problem - and the same advantage when they solve it.

Shawn Rothlis
Shawn Rothlis
I Mapped Every Sourcing Tool in Healthcare M&A. They All Miss the Same Thing.

Apr 9, 2026

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9 min read

I Mapped Every Sourcing Tool in Healthcare M&A. They All Miss the Same Thing.

Your team is spending $100K+ a year on data platforms. The analyst is still building the list by hand.

Shawn Rothlis
Shawn Rothlis
I Got Almost Everything Wrong

Apr 7, 2026

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5 min read

I Got Almost Everything Wrong

What the market told me when I finally shut up.

Shawn Rothlis
Shawn Rothlis
The Physician Who Didn't Want to Sell - Until They Did

Apr 2, 2026

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8 min read

The Physician Who Didn't Want to Sell - Until They Did

The best deals come from physicians who weren't "looking" 12 months ago. The teams that win those mandates were already in position when the trigger hit.

Shawn Rothlis
Shawn Rothlis
The Multiple Your Seller Thinks They Deserve vs. the One They'll Get

Mar 31, 2026

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10 min read

The Multiple Your Seller Thinks They Deserve vs. the One They'll Get

They Googled it. They asked their golf buddy. They anchored at 12x. Their 6-location practice is worth 5-6.5x on a good day. That gap is where deals collapse.

Shawn Rothlis
Shawn Rothlis
Pre-LOI Diligence Is Killing Your Pipeline

Mar 26, 2026

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6 min read

Pre-LOI Diligence Is Killing Your Pipeline

Another group submitted while we were still building the model.

Shawn Rothlis
Shawn Rothlis
Your BD Hire Is Going to Fail. You Built the Pipeline in the Wrong Order.

Mar 24, 2026

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7 min read

Your BD Hire Is Going to Fail. You Built the Pipeline in the Wrong Order.

Most platforms pay $300K for a BD hire to spend three months building the target list. The list should be built before they start.

Shawn Rothlis
Shawn Rothlis
The Hire That's Eating Your Exit

Mar 19, 2026

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7 min read

The Hire That's Eating Your Exit

Your next BD hire isn't a $300K decision. At 12x EBITDA, it's a $3.6M enterprise value decision. Most boards aren't doing that math.

Shawn Rothlis
Shawn Rothlis
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