A Collection Of The Internet's Top Resources For Anyone Considering Selling Their Business
Business valuation expert, Chris Mercer, takes a look at Purchase Sale Agreements – the contract between the buyer and seller of a business. The three main types are 1) the Cross-purchase agreement that occurs...
In a recent survey conducted by PwC, it emerges that digitising is high on the agenda for private equity houses. They are converting from analogue to digital not only their internal processes but are...
Anthony Gold Solicitors posts about how to avoid incurring high abortive legal and accountancy costs when selling a business. They argue prior prepartion, due diligence on the buyer – from credit checks to asking...
Zach Dogar, a business broker, explains the different types of buyers, their motivations and what type of business each category of buyer is interested in. He discusses Private Equity Groups, the different kinds of...
Gary Rayberg, of ROIBusinessBrokers in Massachusetts, gives his advice on valuing homecare practices. He argues that homecare practices are in high demand, and that to achieve the highest value the owner needs to allow...
John Brown of the Business Enterprise Institute, an attorney and business exit planner, writes for Forbes on how family businesses can plan for transition. He lays out five main elements the first of which...
If you’re looking for jokes about missionaries, you’ve come to the right page. But there’s also some shrewd and sage advice from some of the most successful venture capital investors including Mark Cuban, John...
Some tips on getting the best price for your business … from Julian Caplin, corporate finance partner at RSM Ireland. Julian talks about the key value drivers as being – Sales & Sales growth...
“Realtors” is American for Business Brokers. With that translation done, here’s Divestopedia’s take on the difference in service when using an Investment Banker to handle the sale of your business vs using a...
If it takes a village to bring up a child, it takes a whole army of specialists to pull off the ideal sale: – a deal advisor, investment bank, business broker or other intermediary...
This is Part II of MerrillCorp’s series on Due Diligence and well worth a read despite the (free) registration required. M&A has three distinct stages: pre-deal preparation; mid-deal due diligence, discussion and negotiation; and...
An Australian business broker, Benchmark, posts a video today on how to tell a “genuine” broker from one who is not. It’s a short video, under four minutes, covering the attributes he sees as...
Rob Goddard of Evolution CBS argues that it’s critical to have multiple buyers for your business, and to have them competing against each other. Given that buyers hold most of the cards, it’s important...
Brian Caldwell of Transworld Business Advisors posts an infographic with some hard hitting facts about buying /selling a business. See the infographic here. Extract: Buying a Business is Not for Everyone: Dreaming is commonplace...
Zach Dogar, a business broker in the UK, looks at timing. Is there ever a good time to sell a business? Should the economy and market conditions guide the decision? Or the stage of...
An interesting post from Michael O’Donnell, a business intermediary, on why your broker doesn’t need to buy into your concept and into how fantastic your business is … if he is selling it. In...
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