There is the old anecdote about the immigrant who opened his own business in the United States. Like many small business owners, he had his own bookkeeping system....
Burnout is an often-used reason for an owner selling his or her business. Potential buyers may have trouble accepting this as a valid reason for sale. However,...
Recent studies indicate that it now takes, on average, about eight to ten months to sell a small business. This figure seems to increase yearly. Why does it take so...
There is the old saying that the time to develop an exit strategy is the day you open for business. Sounds good, but it’s not very realistic. Further, it also...
1. Established. An existing business is a known entity. It has an established and historical track record. It has a customer or client base, established vendors,...
Buyers are generally categorized as belonging to one of the following groups although, in reality, most buyers fit into more than one. The Individual Buyer This is...
Sellers Don’t have a valid reason for selling. Are testing the waters to check the market and the price. (They are similar to the buyer who is “just...
“There are many reasons for valuing an entity, and those circumstances can lead to different outcomes…For instance, a business’s value for sale on a...
Many courts and the Internal Revenue Service have defined fair market value as: “The amount at which property would exchange between a willing buyer and a willing...
Many experts say no! These experts believe that only half of the business valuation should be based on the financials (the number-crunching), with the other half of...
“Exit strategies may allow you to get out before the bottom falls out of your industry. Well-planned exits allow you to get a better price for your...
Once the decision to sell has been made, the business owner should be aware of the variety of possible business buyers. Just as small business itself has become...
