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Business Valuation Basics – What is SDE & Why does it matter to me?

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Seller’s Discretionary Earnings aka SDE is one of the most crucial concepts when valuing a small business. Put simply for those of us with a finance/investment banking background: SDE is to Small Business as EBITDA is to Big Business. Put simply for those with non-financial backgrounds you can t ...
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Want to Sell Your Company in 2019? Do These 4 Things Now

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If you are considering selling your company in 2020, back by popular demand are four things you should be doing (or not doing as the case may be) between now and year-end and over the next few months. A little exit planning background before we tackle the to-do list.  According to a recent study ...
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Your First Conversation with the Seller: Making the Most of It

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Prospective business buyers often make the terrible mistake of being overzealous when talking with a seller for the first time. I get it; you’re excited. Perhaps you have spent a ton of time looking at listings and do not want to waste any time on potential businesses that fail to meet your cr ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 2Q17 – Part 3 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and M&A Source have recently published their second quarter market research for 2017. The report is a statistical analysis of 293 respondents who answered a 25-question survey. This is the final part of a three-part series ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 2Q17 – Part 2 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and M&A Source have recently published their second quarter market research for 2017. The report is a statistical analysis of 293 respondents who answered a 25-question survey. This is the second of a three-part series wher ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 2Q17 – Part 1 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and M&A Source has recently published their second quarter market research for 2017. The report is a statistical analysis of 293 respondents who answered a 25-question survey. This is the first of a three-part series where ...
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North Carolina Named Best State to Start a Business

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North Carolina was just named the best state to start a business by FitSmallBusiness! Check out the article here:  NC Best State to Start a Business   ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 1Q17 – Part 3 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and M&A Source just published their first quarter market research for 2017. The report is a statistical analysis of 315 respondents who answered a 25-question survey. In a three-part series, I will examine the IBBA and M&am ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 1Q17 – Part 2 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and M&A Source recently published their first quarter market research for 2017. The report is a statistical analysis of 315 respondents who answered a 25 question survey. In a three-part series, I will examine the IBBA and ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 1Q17 – Part 1 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and M&A Source just published their first quarter market research for 2017. The report is a statistical analysis of 315 respondents who answered a 25-question survey. In a three-part series, I will examine the IBBA’s and ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 3Q16 – Part 3 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The M&A Source and the International Business Brokers Association recently updated their survey results for the third quarter of 2016; the report included 278 respondents. For the final part, I will be breaking up the businesses by size and comparing the numbers to last quarte ...
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When Negotiating To Buy A Business – Attitude Is Everything

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Nice Forbes article by @Richard Parker on preparing for and conducting negotiations when buying and selling a business. And he gave me a little shout out, so that's a bonus... Click here for Forbes Article ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 3Q16 – Part 2 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and M&A Source recently published their third quarter market research for 2016. The report is a statistical analysis of 278 respondents.  In this second of a three part series, I will examine the IBBA and M&A Source’ ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 3Q16 – Part 1 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) and M&A Source just published their third quarter market research for 2016. The report is a statistical analysis of 278 respondents. In a three part series, I will examine the International Business Brokers Association (IBB ...
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Investment Bankers Add Value, CEO Study Finds

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Want to Sell Your Company in 2017 – Do These 3 Things Now

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By Ron Buck If you are considering selling your company in 2017, here are three things you should be doing (or not doing as the case may be) between now and year end. First, plan now with your accountant to be first on their list of tax returns to be completed in 2017.  Buyers and bankers pre ...
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Your First Conversation with the Seller: Making the Most of It

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Your First Conversation with the Seller: Making the Most of It By Richard Parker - Diomo Corporation   Prospective business buyers often make the terrible mistake of being overzealous when talking with a seller for the first time. I get it; you're excited. Perhaps you have spent a ton o ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 2Q16 – Part 3 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The M&A Source and the International Business Brokers Association recently updated their survey results for the second quarter of 2016; the report included 378 respondents. In the last part of this series, we will analyze how the types of businesses that make up the market ha ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 2Q16 – Part 2 of 3

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By Brandon Mack Recently, the M&A Source and the International Business Brokers Association updated their survey results for the second quarter of 2016; the report included 378 respondents. This is the second part of a three part series where we will examine how the market is changing in term ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse 2Q16 – Part 1 of 3

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By Brandon Mack Recently, the M&A Source and the International Business Brokers Association updated their survey results for the second quarter of 2016; the report included 378 respondents. This is the first part of a three part series where we will examine how the market is changing. Curr ...
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