Unlocking Market Potential: Balancing Value and Salability for Your Business A common and compelling question for business owners is: how can you improve both the value and salability of your business? While many understand how to tweak financial metrics like revenue and expenses, the deeper fact
READ MORE »Jingle All the Way to a Merry Sale: Santa’s 10 Step Guide to Selling Your Business with Joy! In the magical world of the North Pole, where cheer and goodwill abound, Santa Claus has been managing a bustling enterprise for centuries. While his main focus is delivering gifts to children worldwid
READ MORE »Once you decide to sell your business, it’s natural to want a big payoff. After all, you’ve spent years of your blood, sweat, and tears building it, so why wouldn’t you want to get as much for it as possible? There’s nothing wrong with that and we aren’t saying you shouldn’t strive to
READ MORE »Confidentiality is critical when selling a business because it protects sensitive information from being disclosed to competitors, customers, suppliers, and employees, among others. With our years of experience as M&A Brokers, it’s surprising to see that some business owners think selling a
READ MORE »If you’re a business owner and have reached the decision to sell your business, regardless of the reason some “due diligence” is necessary to ensure the process is as easy and profitable as possible. We certainly know that potential buyers will do their “due diligence” so it is best to be
READ MORE »So you’ve decided to sell your business. Maybe you’re looking to retire after a long and successful run. Maybe you’re still in the game, but want to move on to the next opportunity. Or maybe business ownership just isn’t for you, and you want to cut ties, recoup your investment, and disentan
READ MORE »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
READ MORE »Here are some of the obvious, and not so obvious, steps you can take as you get ready to sell your business: Clean the premises Organize the books and records Deal with any customer/vendor/employee issues prior to the sale Try to increase revenues without sacrificing margin (increasing revenue
READ MORE »You've spent a lifetime building up your business. Whether you have always planned to move on or are selling your business due to the continuing pressures exerted by the many recent economic downturns, you will be looking to achieve the greatest profit attainable for your efforts. That is why i
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