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  How I Sold My Business

  How I Sold My Business: The Personal Touch Approach

  Jason Gibson specializes in timber frame construction, a traditional style of carpentry that dates back hundreds of years. Every project he touches—whether...

  By: Divestopedia Team

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  Expert

  A Brick-and-Mortar Business Broker’s Intro to Ecommerce and SAAS

  Traditionally, there’s been a general bias against eCommerce businesses. They were seen as less serious, even less reputable, than similar sized businesses with a...

  By: Buy and Sell a Business

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  Maximize Value

  Building Enterprise Value With Strategic Planning

  Enterprise value (EV) is a financial metric representing the entire value of a company after taking into account both holders of debt and of equity. Building enterprise...

  By: Stephen Williams

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  How I Sold My Business

  How I Sold My Business: The Painful Process of Negotiation

  Laura Coe knows a thing or two about excruciating pain. As co-founder of Litholink, a laboratory company that specializes in preventing kidney stones, the Chicago native...

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  Sale Process

  The Next Generation of Deal Making: M&A Technology in 2021

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is coming to the deal markets. Acquirers are expanding their use of AI and its related technologies with everything from machine learning...

  By: Bill Millar

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  Pre Sale

  3 Simple Ways to Start an Exit Plan in 2021

  The new year always brings about a sense of a new beginning and planning for the future. Starting a new diet, hitting the gym or saving more money are all common New...

  By: John Carvalho | President, Divestopedia Inc.

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  Valuation

  Back to Basics: How to Calculate EBITDA

  EBITDA is an oft-used but controversial measure that cut its teeth during the leveraged buyout frenzy of the '80s. EBITDA is ubiquitous in financial circles and is...

  By: Chris Stavrou

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  How I Sold My Business

  How I Sold My Business: My $20 Million Sale to Intuit

  Like so many successful entrepreneurs, Nellie Akalp has an impressive memory. Ask her to talk about what kickstarted the sale of her first business—a deal that was...

  By: Divestopedia Team

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  Maximize Value

  The Top 10 EBITDA Adjustments to Make Before Selling a Business

  Numbers are black and white, right? Not really. When you hire an investment banker to sell your business, they "normalize" the company's numbers to present...

  By: John Carvalho | President, Divestopedia Inc.

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  Sale Process

  The One Secret Ingredient For a Successful Exit

  The word “exit” can take on so many different forms for business owners. It can mean selling your business entirely to a strategic buyer. Or it can mean...

  By: John Carvalho | President, Divestopedia Inc.

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  Valuation

  Video: What Is Goodwill?

  Goodwill refers to the value of intangible assets in a business. In this video, John Carvalho, president of Stone Oak Capital and co-founder of Divestopedia.com,...

  By: Divestopedia Team

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  Pre Sale

  Video: Exit Options for Business Owners Who Are Thinking of Selling

  There are business exit options and then there are realistic business exit options. In this video, John Carvalho, president of Stone Oak Capital and co-founder of...

  By: Divestopedia Team

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