Secure Your Legacy
Whether you’re ready to start the next phase of life or reimagine ownership, Obran Cooperative is excited to work with you to build a better economy.
When Obran acquires your business, we want to ensure that it, the employees who enable it, and the communities that thrive because of it continue to grow and prosper for years to come.
How Does It Work?
With Obran, you can feel assured that the business you’ve worked so hard to build will continue to thrive under the ownership of your employees for the foreseeable future.
We're not venture capitalists looking for a quick score, and we’re not a private equity firm looking to buy the company only to loot it. When we acquire a company, we’re in for the long-term.
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Talk objectives with an Obran representative
First, you’ll talk with an Obran representative to help us understand your business and your goals, ascertain how Obran can add value, and determine a fair sale price
Obran's goal is to broker a transaction that will leave all parties feeling like they've gotten a lot of value. We’ll look for ways each of our businesses can work together with yours to share strengths and bolster weaknesses, adding to and benefitting from every new addition. We’ll also look at the strength and quality of the current management team and our ability to foster a culture of participatory management within it.
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See if we are a fit
Once we have a good understanding of your company and where it would fit in, we’ll work with you to examine the internal structure of the deal and external factors affecting its success. These include the market conditions, identifiable growth patterns, our ability to be additive, and our ability to move into that space.
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Structure the transaction & plan integration
Given the sale price we came to over the course of the last two steps, we’ll determine how we can structure the transaction to align with both parties' objectives. At the end of the day, we want a deal structure that allows for both future growth of your business as well as an investment for the cooperative in the long term.
We will also assess the company’s current needs and strengths, and make a plan to integrate which causes minimal disruption but provides support in needed back office areas like finance, HR and technology.
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Complete the transfer
We will come up with a deal narrative based on transaction structure and integration plan. This will include documents like purchase agreements and model board resolutions to help this transition go as smoothly as possible.
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Transition to employee ownership & integrate
This transition and integration is a gradual process that takes education, time, and commitment from leadership and is unique for each transaction.
Our strength is that we can incubate this model of ownership under our holding cooperative structure. To complete the transfer effectively, we will hold information sessions, workshops, and meetings to fully inform and empower employees to become full members of Obran. It might surprise you the engagement and enthusiasm your employees might have as the transition takes hold. They’ll become more engaged and enthusiastic because they realize the value of their time more.
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We invite you to explore if a transition to employee ownership under Obran is right for your business. We will help guide you through our transition process to ensure your employees are supported and your legacy remains intact.