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Greg DeSimone

Greg DeSimone

Founder and President of Catapult Advisory Group, a CPA and Certified M&A Advisor helping family and founder-led businesses prepare for and execute successful exits.

Sep 10, 2026

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Tell us more.
9:01
Well, just the one that we closed recently, the key employee was almost as important as the owner.
9:09
But at first, he was so used to working for the same guy for the last 15 years.
9:16
And because he wasn't in the loop for every conversation, he felt like...
9:20
Stuff was happening to him and that he was out of the loop and that some people were trying to get him and push him out, which was the furthest thing from the truth.
9:27
He was one of the key reasons they were buying this company.
9:31
But he gets he got so skeptical and he got so negative that he wasn't involved in every single decision, even though the company hadn't been acquired yet.

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