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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...
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Sale Process
There Are Lots of Buyers. That's Great, Right?
We receive calls and emails from individuals, companies, and investors looking for lower middle market businesses almost on a daily basis. A typical kind of request...
By: Erik Twohig
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Sale Process
5 Criteria to Consider Before Choosing the Right Investment Banker
Selling your business can sometimes seem like a daunting task, and choosing an investment banker (I-banker) — the right one — can help ease the process...
By: John Carvalho | President, Divestopedia Inc.
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Sale Process
A Guide to Merger and Acquisition Designations
What if advancing your career in M&A meant dusting off your school supplies? Finance and M&A students and professionals should get familiar with M&A...
By: Jeremy Azzarita
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Sale Process
Advanced Planning Is Needed to Position a Business for Optimum Sale Value
Preparing for a sale is similar across many industries. Let's look at a more familiar example (real estate) and then talk about how that applies to business.How...
By: Jim Grebey | President
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Sale Process
Pitfalls to Watch for in Professional Practice Mergers & Acquisitions
Empirical evidence suggests that many small- to midsized professional practices are increasingly disintegrating into solo practices or getting merged into or acquired by...
By: Chak Reddy
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Sale Process
Podcast: Business Financing Talk with 'the SBA Guy', John Thwing
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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Sale Process
Misconceptions & Realities When Hiring an Investment Banker (Part 5: Like a Realtor)
In the previous parts of this article series, I discussed four common misconceptions about M&A investment bankers: The importance of knowing a lot of buyers, the value...
By: Bill Snow
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Sale Process
Misconceptions & Realities When Hiring an Investment Banker (Part 4: The 'Ask Price')
In the previous parts of this article, I discussed three common misconceptions about M&A investment bankers: The importance of knowing a lot of buyers, the value of...
By: Bill Snow
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Sale Process
Misconceptions & Realities When Hiring an Investment Banker (Part 3: Magic Words)
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this article series, I discussed two misconceptions about M&A; the importance of your investment banker knowing a lot of buyers and the value of...
By: Bill Snow
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Sale Process
Misconceptions & Realities When Hiring an Investment Banker (Part 2: Industry Experience)
In Part 1 of this series, I discussed the first misconception of M&A: the importance of your investment banker knowing a lot of buyers. I will now delve into the second...
By: Bill Snow
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Sale Process
Misconceptions & Realities When Hiring an Investment Banker (Part 1: 'Knowing' Buyers)
During the summer of 2016, I spent three days in New Orleans delivering half-day presentations about M&A to groups of business owners and executives. I didn’t want my...
By: Bill Snow
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