Tag: how to sell a business
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Is a 9 to 1 Increase in Company Valuation Acceptable?
If we could work with you to increase the value of your company by $1,000,000, would it bother you if we were paid $100,000? And we don’t want to get paid until you get paid, so we’re not asking to get paid on some theoretical increase in value, but an increase that comes from a…
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Do M&A Advisors Add Value?
Billy Fink, Marketing Manager at Axial just published a great article in LinkedIn entitled “M&A Advisors Proven to Improve Valuations“. He states that advisors, 1) create competition in the sales process, 2) are more important in private transactions and 3) provide extra-valuation benefits. And he is exactly right — a good M&A advisor should create…
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Searching For 3 Entrepreneurial CEOs in 2015
Business Owner / CEOs who want to sell some or all of their business often have a problem. Some CEOs are savvy enough to know they have the problem — most may never know, and that lack of knowledge will result either in failure to find a buyer, or in a purchase price well below…
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#1 Mistake Business Owners Make When Ready to Sell
You’ve built a nice business, congratulations. Now you’re ready to sell. Would you like to receive the full value for your business, or would you rather just get 60-80% of the value? Stupid question, right? Not really. Please allow me to let you in on a secret … entrepreneurs are typically horrible at getting their…