How Much is Your SaaS Startup Worth?
If your SaaS startup were to trade in the public markets today, what would it be worth? The true answer is we don’t know, but we can approximate it by comparing it to...
Category: Exits
Selling Your Business? You Can Finance Your Buyer
Seller financing is an attractive part of business acquisition. This happens where a business owner is willing to finance the buyer in the event of a business sale. The amount of financing usually covers...
Selling your family business to another family
Family businesses present a unique selling situation – it’s often not just about price. The protecting of reputation and employee jobs are just a few of the considerations that are felt more keenly....
Top 12 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling a Business
Derek van der Plaat lists his top twelve mistakes that vendors make when selling a business. Derek’s list overlaps with lists others have put together on seller mistakes including this one at Entrepreneur.com, this...
How To Respond To Unsolicited Offers To Buy Your Business
David Kauppi, of Mid Market Capital Inc., explains what typically happens when business owners receive unsolicited offers for their businesses or expressions of interest from those posing as buyers. It’s very rarely the...
How To Assess A Business Broker’s Skills To Sell Your Business
Selling a business is unlike selling any other property. For one, value perception varies widely from buyer to buyer depending on buyers’ individual circumstances, cost of capital and synergies recognised. One key variable...
How to Use Digital Tools to Help Sell Your Restaurant
If you’ve decided to sell your restaurant, it’s vital that you realize selling needs to be taken just as seriously as running your restaurant, or it’s not going to succeed. So, just as...
Why do we keep hearing about Private Equity? (And how can it help you sell your business?)
A Private Equity Group is a company whose principals and managers have broad experience in managing and operating businesses. This group is charged with investing the money that is contributed to a Private...
The Secret To 300% More Buyers For Your Business
There is one simple mistake that almost every seller makes and it’s losing them valuable enquiries. In fact, over a third of the investors who ARE interested in buying your business are slipping...
Dilution 101: How Your Stake Keeps Getting Diluted With Each New Round
It is common knowledge that when you raise money multiple times your ownership percentage in the company goes down. Calculating the final equity stake that you, as a founder or early-stage investor, will have at...
Should You Sell To A Private Equity Investor Or Industrial Buyer?
Learn how financial investors differ from industrial buyers and the different approaches you need to take to sell to these very different beasts. Corporates looking to invest often seek control over a company’s management...
Controlling the M&A Story
Controlling the M&A Story – Benchmark International Rumours will typically run wild when M&A is on the horizon, which can create an atmosphere of fear and unsettling instability within an organisation. We take a...
How Industry Consolidation Can Impact a Business Exit
Takeaway: Have you considered the stage of consolidation in your industry and how that might impact your plans for an exit? Consolidation will continue because it is a virtuous cycle where success attracts additional...
