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How Getting Your Business Valued Shapes its Future

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The journey of business ownership is an adventure filled with ups and downs. To navigate this path with more ease and clarity, understanding the true value of your business is akin to having a reliable compass. This process isn't just about numbers; it's about making informed choices that shape your ...
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How is Your Business Valued?

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If your business exit strategy is to sell your business now or in 3-5 years, please read on. I consider myself blessed to work with successful entrepreneurs. I love to hear “the story”. How they started in a spare room or a garage with little or no money, grinding it out 80-90 hours a week. ...
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How We Help

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It’s August, which means sweltering heat and school starting back up. As families get back into a routine, we also see an uptick in business owners recommitting to their business goals. For some, that’s thinking about strategic growth. For others, it’s considering if it is finally time to sell ...
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Do You Own a Job or a Business?

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You’ve owned your business for many years. You’ve built it from nothing to where it is today. You enjoy going to work each day and receive a great sense of satisfaction from the daily accomplishments of the business. But now it’s time to sell, or at least develop an exit strategy. The problem ...
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Business Valuations (Know Your Company’s Worth)

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Most people know what a business valuation is (the process of figuring out what your company is worth), but not everyone knows the different reasons valuations are performed. Aside from the obvious need for a valuation when you’re ready to sell the business, valuations are preformed for many diffe ...
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Finding a Good Broker

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You’ve decided you are ready to talk with a business broker about buying or selling your business. It wasn’t an easy decision; there is a lot to consider! You’re a little nervous about making the call and starting the process, but you’re even MORE nervous about making sure you select the rig ...
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When is it time to sell?

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How do you know when it’s time to sell your business? To some it might seem like a silly question, but for a business owner (and particularly for a family-owned business), the decision can cause some sleepless nights. Since we work with a lot of sellers, here is a list of some of the tell-tale sig ...
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2022 Outlook

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Not as rough as 2020, but 2021 was no picnic for many people and businesses. Supply chain challenges, microchip shortages, cyberattacks, inflation, and labor concerns dominated many conversations in the board room and at the dinner table. Perhaps it’s wishful thinking, but it appears that many ...
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Are Staffing Issues Affecting Business Sales?

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It’s no secret that businesses are having labor troubles. Everyone is hiring. Hourly wages are going up. Restaurants are reducing hours and days of operation. Supply chains are interrupted. It’s EVERYWHERE. If you own a business, this might be what is driving you to consider selling. Or perha ...
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How is Your Business Valued?

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I consider myself blessed to work with successful entrepreneurs. I love to hear “the story”: How they started in a spare room or a garage with little or no money, grinding it out 80-90 hours a week. Now, after several decades, they have a very nice business. They are all extremely competent and ...
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One Million Dollars

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If we had a dime for every time a business owner told us they wanted to get a million dollars, five million, or even ten million dollars for their business…well, we’d have a LOT of dimes! Often times there is more of a psychological component to this “magic number” than anything rooted in ...
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What is Your Business Worth Today?

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Even though most business owners have approximately 85% of their net worth attributed to their business, most run their business day after day, month after month, year after year, and have no idea what their business is worth. They may think they know, but often the price they have in mind is not re ...
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Stimulus Package Update

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Great News for Buyers and Sellers While this has been in limbo for a few days, it was signed into law last night by the President. Below is a summary of the benefits for business owners, PPP borrowers, buyers, and sellers. We don't attempt to cover the many other facets (unemployment benefits, s ...
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Throwing Good Money After Bad

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“Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em, know when to walk away, and know when to run…” Kenny Rogers may have been talking about gambling, but the lyrics work for business owners too. Over half of businesses in the US have been impacted by COVID this year to some degree and as we ...
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Marketing Blindly and Nationally

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If you’re a savvy business owner, you know that maintaining strict confidentiality is critical when selling your business. Only a handful of people should know you’re thinking of selling: your spouse, financial planner, accountant, and attorney. Often, this element alone will push a seller towar ...
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Attention Serious Buyers

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If you are searching for a business on internet, you should know that, unfortunately, most of the businesses that you see will never sell. This could possibly be due to the business being overpriced, the financials are in poor condition, or a number of other reasons. We can help. Ask yourself thi ...
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Hope is Not a Strategy

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You probably have a financial advisor who is managing your money and will advise you as to whether or not you’re on track for retirement. That’s smart and, for most of us, essential. Even the most talented, worth-their-salt money manager will tell you that their financial models can be “garbag ...
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Coronavirus and Buying or Selling a Business

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  Coronavirus. Yep, we’re jumping on the bandwagon. Why on earth are we, business brokers, talking about Coronavirus?! It has nothing to do with buying or selling business, right? Hang with us for a minute… Last week, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points (0.50 ...
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The Importance of Knowing Your Business’s Value

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How much is your business worth? How much is it actually worth to a buyer if you were to sell it right now? Even if you’re not ready to sell at this moment, knowing this number is very important for a few reasons: Planning: We know that most business owners work with financial planners and ac ...
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Competition

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Non-competes. You’ve probably been exposed to them at some point. Perhaps you have employees sign them or maybe you have signed one yourself at some point. Non-competes are also a very important component of a business transfer. Imagine this: You bought a high-end restaurant. Since you struck a ...
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