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Want to Sell a Business Fast? Here’s What Buyers Are Looking For

There are three types of buyers looking to buy a business: Industry Buyers, Strategic Buyers, and Individual Buyers. This blog will focus on how to sell a business fast to …

4 common signs you're ready to sell your business

Four Common Signs You’re Ready to Sell Your Business

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 …

How Time Can Kill a Deal When Trying to Sell Your Business

How Time Can Kill a Deal When Trying to Sell Your Business

There’s an adage that “Time Kills All Deals”. As business brokers, we’ve found this adage to be absolutely accurate in any size transaction. Over the years, as we worked with …

Deal fatigue

What is “Deal Fatigue” When Trying to Sell Your Business?

You’ve found a great buyer, agreed on terms, and you are moving through the process of selling your business.  Big sigh of relief! The worst is over. What could possibly …

Ownership Transition

How Should Ownership Transition Be Handled When Selling Your Business?

One of the issues that sellers of businesses frequently neglect to consider is the transition period as ownership of the business shifts from the seller to the new owner. Some …

Facing Litigation While Selling Your Business?

Facing Litigation While Selling Your Business

Any day you get served with a lawsuit is not a good day for your business. Lawsuits may be unexpected, and they clearly are unpleasant, but they may be unavoidable, …

Competition

Keep Your Eye on the Competiton

If the competition in your market is aggressive in trying to lure away your customers, a would-be buyer may hesitate. The buyer will want to know how the competition is …

Lease Implications When Selling Your Business

Lease Implications When Selling Your Business

For many business owners, the idea of selling their business may seem inconceivable. It may seem so distant they do not even consider the significance of negotiating a new lease. …

Negotiations and Nitpicking During the Sale of a Business

Negotiations and Nitpicking During the Sale of a Business

Details, details, details. When you’re negotiating the sale of a business, everyone comes to the table with their own details—what they want and don’t want, what they need and don’t …

Why Credibility Is Important When Selling Your Business

Why Credibility Is Important When Selling Your Business

It is imperative that you maintain the trust of the person who is interested in buying your business. The last thing you want to do during negotiations when selling your …