As the traditional saying goes, “There are deal makers and deal breakers.” Having the right group of business advisers is critical to consummating a successful deal. Hire the right group of business advisers. This begins with an experienced professional business broker. Next comes a trusted attorney who has experience in deal-making. The best attorney is [...]
Benjamin Franklin, Winston Churchill and many others have said it: “Failure to plan is planning to fail,” or some version thereof. This is certainly true for a business owner, who someday will decide to exit the current business and retreat to a retirement of peace and enjoyment. This is why we recommend that business owners [...]
This is a question most business owners ask themselves - should they sell their business themselves, or hire a professional business broker. We were recently contacted by an owner who was concerned about confidentiality, and who wanted to save on commission fees. So he decided to try to sell his business himself. After eight unsuccessful [...]
Few business owners have an accurate idea of the value of their business. More than half the time, business owners set asking prices that are unrealistically high, and some set prices that are too low. Whether you think your business is worth $2 million or $20 million, you need an expert opinion for reference purposes [...]
Taking the proper steps to plan a successful exit strategy can significantly improve the likelihood of a successful sale. No matter how secure you are in your business, no matter how satisfied, no matter how you expect to go on forever, you have to be constantly planning for the day you will no longer own [...]
When it is time to sell your business, you will want to engage the services of a trained, experienced business broker to market your business to qualified buyers, and to oversee the transaction to ensure that it goes smoothly. One of the most important considerations when choosing a business broker is whether they can sell [...]
We find that a lot of business owners thinking of selling their business aren't as informed as they should be about the realities of selling a business. So we work hard to teach our clients and work with them to better understand how to build salable businesses. For this post, we put together the 3 [...]
Remember how high your energy level was when you first started your business? You couldn’t wait to get in to work each morning, anxious to take on the challenges of each new day. You arrived early and stayed late, hardly noticing the relentless march of time. It was all about the pursuit of success. Do [...]
We once had a $7 million company that was not sellable. Even though this company was making $2.5 million profit a year for the owner, we had to tell the owner that we couldn’t sell his business. What he had was a profitable job with 25 assistants. This particular business was in existence for 15 years. [...]
So you have a great business that you’ve invested your heart and soul in, and now for whatever reason, it is time to move on. You have kept your eye on the EXIT and have done all the right things. At this point, business owners all want to know: how do you determine the value [...]
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