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6 Things to Consider for Your Post-Divestment Life
"The best time to plant an oak tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now" - source unknown You’re an entrepreneur. You’ve worked hard...
By: Ron Nakamoto
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Letter of Intent: Examining 3 Different Drafting Styles
Special note: This excerpt is used with permission from: Mergers and Acquisitions from A to Z Kindle Edition, by Andrew J. Sherman.There are many different styles of...
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Selling Your Business: What Sale Process Is Best?
There are a number of different auction types that can be employed for the sale of a mid-market business. These auction types are distinguished by the number of...
By: John Carvalho | President, Divestopedia Inc.
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Pitfalls Around Earnouts (and Why They Rarely Payout)
An earnout is a financing arrangement for the purchase of a business in which the seller finances a portion of the purchase price, and payment of this amount is...
By: George Deeb
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Surprises to Watch Out for When Selling a Business
Getting stung by one of the Dreaded Ds—Divorce, Death, Disability, or Dork partner—can be very painful. Any one of these unforeseen events can be the...
By: Mike McCarron
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5 Things Running Taught Me About Building a Valuable Business
I recently ran my first half marathon. Think that has nothing to do with business? I would have agreed with you. However, what I discovered is that the process of...
By: John Carvalho | President, Divestopedia Inc.
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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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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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Key Factors in Executing a Management Buyout
If you’ve ever dreamed of buying out the owner of your company, running it the way you want and accumulating the profits from your efforts, you might be interested...
By: Robert Napoli
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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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