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Sale Process
Avoiding the Biggest Deal Killer: Time
When selling a business, time is not your friend. Time is the enemy of all deals. In fact, "time wounds all deals" is an expression that can be associated with...
By: Rose Stabler
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Pre Sale
Exits Are Inevitable; Failure Is Not
We understand that business owners are so busy addressing today’s economic challenges that they can overlook the critical task of exit planning. We also understand...
By: Mark Tepper | President/Founder/Wealth Advisor
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To Sell Your Business, Start With the End in Mind
The world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is filled with sale transactions of middle market and lower middle market companies at prices well below what the...
By: Charles Smith
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Maximize Value
What Drives the Value of Your Business?
Business value drivers are those aspects of a business that can and do add value.Today’s business environment is not just about survival, it’s about focusing...
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Does It Have to Be 'Shirtsleeves-to-Shirtsleeves?'
The world over, in virtually every culture, there are such truisms as “from rags to riches to rags,” “wealth doesn’t pass three generations&rdquo...
By: Cindy Radu
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Kids Taking Over the Business? 8 Things to Consider
Many business founders dream of the day they can transition the business to their children. But while there is much in the literature that talks about estate planning...
By: Josh Patrick
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The Initial Price May Not Be Real
The initial dollar figure presented as a purchase price for a business, whether written on a napkin over coffee or floated in a conversation, is not a binding offer. Any...
By: Paris Aden
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Understanding Return on Equity for Privately Owned Businesses
I am a big fan of Robert Slee, an investment banker, author, and investor in the middle market. His most well-known book is Private Capital Markets: Valuation,...
By: John Carvalho | President, Divestopedia Inc.
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Position Your Business for the Exit
You founded your business with two financial objectives in mind — to make enough money so that you and your family could lead a decent lifestyle, and to build...
By: Tom Gledhill
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Trust Advisory Committees for Succession Planning
It is very common for family enterprises to have a family trust in place. On a very basic level, someone (the settlor) transfers assets to the trustee (often one or both...
By: Cindy Radu
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Podcast: How a Startup Managed the Sales Process to GoDaddy, an Interview with Alex McClafferty
About the HostRyan is an entrepreneur, podcast host of the show Life After Business and the co-owner of Solidity Financial. Having personally experienced the hazards of...
By: Ryan Tansom
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Podcast: Have Business Partners? Understand Buy-Sell Agreements
In this podcast you will learn about:When you have business partners, why a buy-sell agreement is so important;The role life insurance plays when funding a buy-sell...
By: Noah Rosenfarb
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