A Collection Of The Internet's Top Resources For Anyone Considering Selling Their Business
Business Valuation, Techniques, Examples
The wording in a buy-sell agreement that governs the calculation of the price at which the transaction will occur needs to be carefully crafted to avoid disputes and, potentially, litigation. Chris Mercer explains the...
Harvard Business Review has a great piece on why acquisition of a digital business is like acquisition of no other business. They argue that everything you know about the acquistion process is a ball...
How do you sell a business that is insolvent or on the verge of insolvency? Company Debt, a UK insolvency consultancy explains what can be done to extract value once a company has run...
Buyers pay a valuation premium for companies that have better cash flows, argues Divestopedia. And you can improve the valuation of your business by getting a better grip on your working capital. They provide...
Founders Investment Bank in Birmingham, Alabama, posts today about “addbacks”, the items and amounts that were previously charged to the Profit & Loss account but which can be added back to boost a company’s...
There are two articles this week for accountants who conduct business valuations. The first is from SageWorks, a company that provides financial analysis and valuation applications to accountancy firms. They’ve called it “How to...
It is imperative that any business owner taking his/her business to market becomes familiar with the two ways to structure a business sale – the sale of shares & the sale of assets. Make...
Inc posts an interesting article with some real life examples and case studies of founders who sold their business but got to keep it too. When I posted an article along those lines some...
Matthew Cushen writes for StartUps.co.uk on the black art of Startup Valuations. He explains pre-money and post-money valuations and discusses how the valuation of startups differs from the methods used to value mature companies....
Axial puts together six impediments to getting full worth for your business when putting it up for sale. The big one, of course, is the business’s dependence on you. To the extent that the...
The Washington Valuation Group explains why site visits and management interviews are necessary in the valuation of closely held companies. These are helpful to understand the company’s business and trading environment and to form...
Arctic Startup posts an interesting article about how to maximise the valuation of a SaaS business. They argue that valuations for Software As A Service businesses work differently as the revenue from a customer...
Jacob Orosz from Morgan and Westfield asks an interesting question and goes on to explain just why brokers provide free valuations of businesses and why these presents a danger to the business owner. The...
An article by yours truly on how to get top dollar when selling an online (or any) business. It’s a simple matter of your business having the right attributes, attracting the right buyers and...
Marcia Layton Turner, argues in Forbes the benefits of specialisation. Businesses that specialise in a niche, she maintains, are more appealing to business buyers and investors. Marcia lays out five sound reasons as to...
My good friend, Richard Parker, a well known expert on selling businesses, writes for Forbes about the single most important change you can make to your business to improve its value: add recurring revenue...
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