Business Brokering Buy Sell Business – Worldwide Business Brokers
Buying vs Starting a Business Buying vs starting a business… Which makes more sense? I often speak to groups of potential entrepreneurs and this question always comes up. The answer, of course, is that it depends. It depends on the amount and availability of capital each approach requires. It depends
Business Brokers Needed: More Evidence Are more professional business brokers needed? More evidence surfaces every day. Judging by the volume of email we receive every week – from reports in business magazines, newspapers, financial planning journals, demographers and countless other sources – the resounding answer is “YES!” And this demand
Selling a Business: Five Things to Consider Five things?!? Just five things to consider when selling a business?!? Are you kidding me? Well, yes; there are TONS of things to consider when selling a business but, like all posts, I’m trying to keep this one under 1,500 words so that
Business Owners: Selling to the Enemy As a business broker, many times you’ll realize that the ideal buyer of one of your clients is, in fact, your client’s competitor. In such an instance, your client will realize that doing the deal will be tantamount to selling to the enemy. Many
Business Brokers: Getting the Deal Financed If you plan to work as a professional business broker, getting the deal financed will be a key issue in almost every transaction that you work on. Lining up financing for the purchase of a small or mid-size business can be a bit dicey.
Business Brokers: Sellers Retaining Assets Sellers retaining assets is not unheard of in our business, especially when we get into the lower Middle Market and above or when we’re working with a very specialized business. When we assist with the sale of a business, it is generally considered an “asset
Business Brokers: Finding Buyers One of the questions we get most often from folks who are interested in enrolling in our business brokering course – especially real estate agents – relates to finding buyers. How do we do it? Well, there are dozens of ways to find buyers – and
Selling a Business: What’s the Future Hold? Over the past couple of years, I’ve written often about how frothy the market for business sales – and the demand for good business brokers – has been. But if you’re selling a business, what’s the future hold? From the number and types
Baby Boomers are Heading for the Exits That’s right, boys and girls. Baby Boomers around the world are heading for the exits. Last week’s post described the current state of the market in the business brokering industry and the projected trend for the profession over the next decade or two.
Business Brokers and Sellers Ask: What’s the Market Like? “What’s the market like right now; the business brokerage and M&A market?” We get this question all the time, from business owners considering selling as well as from real estate brokers and others that want to become professional business brokers. Some
