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Selling a Business: Are Millennials Buying?
Selling a Business: The Millennials Market Are Millennials buying business? Do they have the chops? We hear a lot about Millennials starting internet and technology businesses but few of them will be the unicorns that
Selling Your Business? The Kids Don’t Want It!
Selling a Business: Can You Keep it in the Family? What seems like a lifetime ago, The Who did a song called “The Kids Are Alright”. (You can see the original cheesy music video here.
The Business Brokerage Market
The Coming Business Brokerage Market Over the past two years, I’ve been writing about how active the business brokerage market has been and how it is expected to become even more frothy. Most of my
Preparing for – rather than starting – the sale
Preparing for – Rather than Starting – the Sale “Every business that does not fail will eventually change hands.” That is a mantra that we’ve used in our offices and in our
Asset Purchase or Stock Purchase
Buying Assets versus Buying Stock A business broker needs to know – and explain to his or her client – that there are two ways to buy an ongoing business. The transition can be
Putting a price – as opposed to a value – on a business
Putting a Price on a Business For a business broker or business owner, putting a price on a business versus putting a value on that business are two different things – and each will
Selling Your Business? Get Educated First!
Selling Your Business; Get Educated! Selling your business is an exercise fraught with uncertainty and misinformation. If you want to get the most value for your business when you sell, you must educate yourself
Business Valuations and “Fake News”
Business Valuations and “Fake News” “Fake news”, while not a new phenomenon, gained currency as a catch phase during the United States’ 2016 presidential election campaign. It has since become an oft-repeated charge often
Sell a Family Business
Sell a Family Business: Are the Kids an Option? Many business owners think they’ll be able to pass their business on to their kids. Good idea? Maybe. But maybe not. I’ve written about this
Sell a business FOR equity
Sell a Business for Equity. Huh?!? Sell a business FOR equity?!? As the star of an old sitcom would say, Whatchu talkin’ ’bout, Willis? When you sell a business, you’re supposed to SELL the
