Been researching Salman Ullah and Merus Capital. Worth reading Merus' website blog on their investment philosophy! Interesting snippets in there. Getting to LOI is 99% of the work. Don’t bring up important things after that point. The hard point is pushing towards that LOI. They want to honor their LOI. We prefer to negotiate with only one person: the CEO of the company How long does it take? First call to close? “It varies. Mentioned went from nothing to LOI to close in 2 days to close in 45 days." Should you hire a banker? No, nine out of ten times you don’t need a banker. I think a good lawyer is far more important http://blog.meruscap.com/