Preparing To Sell A (Small) Business
John Snow has some sound advice for owners of small businesses considering selling their business. It’s not all about valuation and hiring a business broker. He advises taking a step back, considering all the...
Category: Exits
The Ride Of A Lifetime – A Real Life Story Of A Business Sale
Kevin Kordek tells of his life-changing experience selling his Virginia Beach, Va.-based company, A-Active Termite & Pest Control. In February 2014, Kordek sold A-Active Termite & Pest Control in Virginia Beach, Va., to Rentokil....
Deal Breakers – What Causes You To Lose The Investor?
Jason Shuman, a VC at Corigin Ventures has put together a great list of the kind of offers, attributes, financial flaws and other triggers that cause a founder to not get the funding he...
The Hot List – Businesses For Sale Top Sectors
BusinessesForSale.com is one of the most popular places to list a business for sale. Given the hundreds of thousands of listings they handle they are well placed to give us a snap shot of...
Are Free Business Valuations Too Expensive?
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...
Websites That List Businesses For Sale – A Comprehensive List
Our sister site has published a list of all the major locations online where businesses are listed for sale. While Businesses For Sale, RightBiz and Daltons Business are well known names in the UK...
Thinking of Selling Your Business? Make Sure You Do These 6 Things First
Nellie Akalp, founder of CorpNet, shares the top six things vendors need to do before taking their business to market. Her tips include: Being sure that a sale is what you really want Getting...
How To Sell An Online Business For Top Price
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...
Can I Sell Just A Portion Of My Business?
Jacob Orosz of Morgan & Westfield talks divestitures, or selling just a portion of your business. Selling is not an all or nothing option he suggests and goes on to describe how partial sales are...
Specialisation Is Key To Higher Price
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...
Add Massive Value To Your Business By Doing This One Thing
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...
The Best Practices Of The Best Acquirers
Via Merrill Datasite: Stay in the industry where you’re an expert Remain very lean at the top Never overpay for an acquisition, but be fair. Steve Townes founder of Ranger Aerospace in 1997 should...
Exits Are Inevitable, Failure Is Not
WilmingtonBiz posts an article from Cornerstone Business Advisors about designing a comprehensive exit plan. They suggest you a) Plan ahead b) Set measurable goals c) Incorporate flexibility and d) Use a proven process (and...
France Financing Funds For FinTech (and other tech acquisitions)
Via Bloomberg: BpiFrance, an investment fund supported by the government, has called in VCs and other entrepreneurs to teach France’s top corporate finance chiefs about acquiring startups. The aim is to triple tech deals...
There Are 4 Types Of Exiting Owners. Which Type Are You?
In an article titled Exiting Your Business: Have you done your homework? The Signal asks if you are financially and mentally ready to exit. They discuss the characteristics of businesses that are sellable vs...
2016 Had A Very Active M&A Market For Health Businesses
Mobile Health News explains why 2016 has been a mega year for merger and acquisition activity in the health sector with details of the 41 largest deals done this year (5 more than in...
