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Are Business Owners Facing an Exit Plandemic? [SURVEY RESULTS]
In 2015 I wrote a blog post for Forbes titled Did the Recession Hijack Your Exit Strategy? There were many business owners who were either unable to exit their business -- or had to postpone their exit date by several years -- as a result of the Great Recession. In...
Middle Market M&A Link Roundup: COVID-19 Issue
Advice and resources for protecting the value and sellability of your business during the COVID-19 crisis.
7 of the Worst Times to Sell Your Business
"When should I sell my business?" It's a question I've heard many times during my 13+ years as a business broker, and the answer can be elusive. Some business owners view their business as an investment and strive to sell their most valuable asset at or close to the...
Mike Finger’s Big Problem With Business Brokers
If you follow me on social media, you’ve doubtless seen a lot of shared content from Mike Finger of Exit Oasis. Mike is a business owner who has lived through the selling process and now advises other owners on “learning to leave” their business. Mike’s blog posts...
Does Luck Play A Role In Selling Your Business?
We've all met the “lucky” entrepreneur. You know the one; that business owner who breaks the rules, or ignores them completely, and succeeds despite bad decisions and visible shortcomings. Sometimes it’s obvious what their stroke of luck was -- great timing, great...
Business Valuation: 5 Questions You Must Ask Before You Start
Whether you've been told that you need a business valuation, or you’ve simply decided it's time to know what your business is worth, it can be difficult to know where to start. Chances are you've never had your business valued before, nor do you know of anyone who...
Is My Business Too Small For A Business Broker?
When you embark on the process of selling your business you may feel a bit like Alice in Wonderland. Suddenly you've entered a place where short feels long, small sounds large, and there's a riddle to be answered around every corner. The business-for-sale environment...
For Couples Selling a Business: 4 Things to Consider
There’s a lot of humor to be found in the entrepreneurial life. One of the funniest things I heard was during an initial meeting we had with a married couple about selling their business. “We’ve been married for 30 years,” the wife told us. “But we’ve been in business...
Signing a Business Broker’s Contract? Read This First.
Selling a business is the antithesis of a cookie-cutter affair. While there are several commonalities, every deal truly is different. Many business owners embark on the process of selling their business thinking that it will be similar to selling a piece of real...
3 Reasons You’re Not Building A Sale-Ready Business
What's been keeping you up at night as a business owner? Is it taxes, employee issues, cash flow troubles? How about rising interest rates, the threat of a trade war, healthcare or managing growth? I’ll go out on a limb and guess that the question of whether or not...
8 Simple Hacks To Increase The Value Of Your Business
If you look at reasons why deals fail to close, there’s one that tops the list. By “tops” I don’t mean in the top three or five. We’re talking the number one reason businesses don’t sell: Valuation. When you're faced with a "value gap" -- i.e. the current value of...
Selling A Business: Are Your IP Assets Sale-Ready?
If you've never found yourself immersed in a dynamic and engaging discussion about intellectual property, then you clearly haven't met Angela Grayson. Angela is an IP attorney who used to work in-house for Fortune 500 companies like Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Walmart....
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