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Selling a Business: What’s the Forecast?

Selling a Business: What’s the Forecast? One of the questions we receive most often is, “what’s the market like ‘right now’ for selling a business?” If you’re a business owner thinking about your exit – or if you’re an aspiring business broker seriously considering getting into our industry – the

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Selling PART of a Business

Selling PART of a Business Selling part of a business is not something we see often but it is not uncommon – both in early stage businesses and more mature enterprises. When a business has multiple founders, it is not unusual to for one partner to come to the realization

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Selling a Franchise Business: The Challenges

Selling a Franchise Business: The Challenges Selling a business is challenging enough. Selling a franchise business has its own challenges – and if you want to include selling franchised businesses in your business brokers practice, you need to know what some of those distinct challenges are. Selling a franchise business

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Selling a Business: The Emotional Aspects

Selling a Business: The Emotional Aspects Selling a business is an intensely personal and emotional event. I’ve written previously about preparing for the sale of a business but those posts focused primarily on preparing the business. The owners also need to prepare themselves for what will probably be one of

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Transaction Costs: The Commission

Transaction Costs: The Commission Last week’s post focused on some of the costs a seller will incur as a result of a successful transaction and the need for the seller’s broker to be able to outline these costs to their client. But one of those costs that was not discussed

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Business Brokers: Transaction Costs

Business Brokers: Transaction Costs Business brokers , do you advise your clients on transaction costs? Do you even know what those costs are likely to be? As you recall from a recent post, seller preparation includes determining what they will need to fund their retirement  -or whatever else they plan

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Business Brokers: Discount for Lack of Marketability

Business Brokers: Discount for Lack of Marketability Business brokers – and business owners: Would a discount for lack of marketability be appropriate for a business you’re considering bringing to market? If you’re a business broker – or intend to become one – you’re going to encounter businesses that will require

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Selling a Business: What You Need to Know.

Selling a Business: What You Need to Know When selling a business, there are several monetary aspects of the transaction and its aftermath that the seller needs to consider before bringing the business to market. In fact, a seller needs to know – or at least have a good idea

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Buying a Business: Stock vs Asset Purchase

Buying a Business: Stock vs Asset Purchase If you’re considering buying a business – or if you’re a business broker working with a client buying a business – it’s important to know the  difference between an asset purchase and a stock purchase. The distinction is very important. Why? Because each

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M&A: How Buyers Think

M&A: How Buyers Think If you’re a business broker – or a business owner considering selling – wouldn’t you like to know how buyers think? I know that that would have been a pretty good bit of knowledge to have when I got started! Of course, how buyers think is

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