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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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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 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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Document Stack From Recently Closed Transaction

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Just closed the sale of a very nice clinical trials company. This is what the document stack for a business acquisition and real estate purchase, funded with an SBA 7a acquisition loan, SBA Express Line of Credit, and 401k Rollover, asset purchase turned stock purchase turned 338(h)(10) transact ...
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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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6 Overlooked Benefits of a Company Valuation

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6 Overlooked Benefits of a Company Valuation By Meghan Daniels, Axial | July 26, 2016   Most business owners seek a valuation for their company when there’s an immediate need — they’re ready to sell or raise capital now, or they have a shareholder that is being bought out or gifting ...
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6 Overlooked Benefits of a Company Valuation

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Most business owners seek a valuation for their company when there’s an immediate need — they’re ready to sell or raise capital now, or they have a shareholder that is being bought out or gifting equity to family. But valuations can be useful whether a deal is imminent or not. We ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse – Part 3 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The M&A Source and the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) recently published the results of their first quarter 2016 Market Pulse Report based on 370 survey respondents. Part 1 we examined three questions:  Is it a buyer’s or seller’s market, how long does ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse – Part 2 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The M&A Source and the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) recently published the results of their first quarter 2016 Market Pulse Report based on 370 survey respondents.  In this second part of a three part series, we will examine the reasons why a business is ...
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Business Brokerage/M&A Market Pulse – Part 1 of 3

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By Brandon Mack The M&A Source and the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) recently published the results of their first quarter 2016 Market Pulse Report based on 370 survey respondents.  In this first part of a three part series, we will examine three questions:  Is it a buy ...
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