Forecasting
Podcast: What Happens if You Lose Your Biggest Client? Interview with Larry Armstrong
Finding out the hard way that your main source of revenue is no longer viable is a crushing blow for all businesses. What do you do when...
Podcast: Why an Entrepreneurial Operating System Can Be a Business Changer, an Interview with Mike Paton
Every business uses an operating system these days. Does yours do what you need it to? Mike Paton shares all the benefits the right system...
Podcast: What Factors Impact Predicting Future Value of a Company? Interview with Ken Sanginario
Predicting future value (and future cash flows) of a company is actually a refined formula. Ken Sanginario shares his years of knowledge...
Podcast: I've Sold My Business. Now What? Interview with Cody McLain
In this podcast with Cody McLain, you will learn all about what it takes to mange your stress throughout the business building and sales...
Podcast: Build a Legacy that Will Transcend Time, an Interview with Andrew Warner
Business is not just about sales. You need to know how to talk to and engage with people. From advertising to mixers, learn what it takes...
Podcast: Selling Your Business to a Private Equity Group. Interview with Bobby Kingsbury
This podcast with Bobby Kingsbury gives you an in-depth look at how to assess a private equity group before committing to the sale. Find...
Four Steps to Establishing a Board in a Private Enterprise
Private enterprise benefits from utilizing a board of directors. What kind is up to you, but this article can help you decide which would...
Why Acquisitions Are Good for Business
Acquisitions are good for business! Despite some of the negativity they receive about corporate takeovers and job security, acquisitions...
Buy-Side M&A Strategy Success
While it is important to carefully consider your options when buying a business, sometimes you need to take a risk and purchase something...
How Business Sales Are Best Strategized, Conducted and Consummated
This article follows-up on the Divestopedia article 'When Selling Your Business, What Sale Process Is Best?' with a focus on the often...
Business Development Is Vital to Success
One of the best ways to increase the productivity and value of your business is by hiring the right business developers. This article takes...
The Big Risk: Waiting Versus Selling Your Business Now
Brad Mewes is the founder of Supplement!, a strategic, financial and M&A advisory firm specializing in the collision industry. He gives his...
A Visual Framework for Business Valuation
Tim Vipond of Corporate Finance Institute offers a visual aide that he's created to help you better understand business valuations and how...
Private Capital Markets 101
Rules followed by the Public Capital Markets do not necessarily apply to the Private Capital Markets. Here is a summary of what you need to...
Mid-Market Report: Factors Driving M&A in Q4 2015 and Beyond
A summary of Firmex's report created in collaboration with Mergermarket on mid-market M&A projections for 2015. By polling M&A...
Tying the Knot: Getting to 'I Do' with the Right Private Equity Partner
Partnering with a private equity firm is a bit like getting married. Here is some advice on how to choose "the one."
Podcast: How to Increase the Probability of a Successful Exit
Have you defined what a successful exit actually looks like? Do you have a realistic goal for when you want to sell the company and how...
How to Perform a Successful Competitor Analysis (and Use it to Your Advantage) to Maximize Value
The results of a competitor analysis can ultimately help your business to maximize its value through the eyes of a potential acquirer....
How Industry Consolidation Can Impact a Business Exit
Have you considered the stage of consolidation in your industry and how that might impact your plans for an exit?
