A Collection Of The Internet's Top Resources For Anyone Considering Selling Their Business
Techcrunch asks, “What happens when you sell a startup?” and goes on to provide a detailed explanation on how startups are valued and how various categories of investors get a return on their investment...
However genuine (and flattering) an unsolicited offer to buy your business can be, it needs to be treated with extreme caution. This article covers 10 points you need to bear in mind when dealing...
How much would a professional charge to sell your business? The world’s largest survey on fees and fee structures of business brokers, M&A advisors and investment banks has been assembled by Divestopedia and is...
The Times, looking somewhat far ahead to the next election, suggests it’s time to start planning to offload your business if Jeremy Corbyn becomes the next UK Prime Minister. It’s a gated article, but...
Is the film industry likely to shortly lose EIS benefits? As with businesses that use EIS and SEIS funds to invest in assets such as property and machinery? Yes, according to Sapphire Capital Partners...
Investors, this article claims, don’t make the “rational” decisions that people assume they do. They respond to events in different ways depending on market conditions or even their mood on the day. For example,...
Decentralised Venture Capital funds? VC 3.0? Techcrunch looks at a new breed of venture capitalists and how they are taking on the more established firms. The core idea is that these small funds work...
While there are plenty of clichés around valuation – a business is worth only what someone will pay for it, for example – there is usually a gap between what a seller wants for...
Richard Harroch of Vantage Point Capital Partners answers all you wanted to know about NDAs in M&A situations. In a five page article, he covers the matter in some depth. Salient Points: You need...
If you’ve transfered ownership of your company into a trust it has, until recently, been a nightmare as to which state would tax you on the proceeds when you sold your business. It used...
According to Bloomberg, pivate equity firms have amassed $963 billion in funds that they are looking to invest. Why has dry powder risen to almost a trillion dollars, where are the investment opportunities and...
You may have obtained SEIS / EIS pre-approval from HMRC, but you need to be careful about correctly issuing the SEIS and EIS shares. Vasiliki Carson of Sapphire Capital explains the four key considerations...
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...
Business Brokerage Press publishes the latest of their updates on the “hottest” business sectors. This one covers July 2017. It is compiled from information supplied by the business marketplace, businessesforsale.com and lists the top...
Small business transactions are having a record 2017 according to Bob House, President of BizBuySell (a US based online marketplace listing businesses for sale). Any truth in this or is this another industry insider...
Forbes presents the main considerations when negotiating the acquisition (or sale) of a privately held tech company – from price to representations and warranties around the issue of Intellectual Property infringement. Richard D. Harroch,...
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