When it’s time to sell your company, you may consider a strategic buyer or financial buyer. Here we answer, “What is a strategic buyer” and compare the two.
Category: Buyers
Taxes on the Sale of a Business: What You Need to Know
Thinking of selling? Gain a high-level overview of taxes on the sale of a business, plus discover pro tips and strategies to help maximize your outcome.
Using a 401(k) to Buy a Business: Tips for Aspiring Business Owners
Learn what using a 401(k) to buy a business entails, including the pros and cons of using this method to buy an existing business.
Show Your Business Some Love: Get A Valuation
We're big fans of spreading the love when it comes to arming business owners with useful information. We do this at Allan Taylor not only by creating original content on our blog, but also by sharing great articles about M&A and business valuation written by...
What “Buy This Restaurant” Can and Can’t Teach You About Buying a Business
When it comes to TV entertainment for business brokers there are precious few shows that people like me can really sink our teeth into. I watch ABC's Shark Tank for the same reasons most people do, namely to laugh at the ridiculous valuations and live vicariously...
Why buy an existing business?
One of my first posts at the New York Times was titled “Buying a Business Instead of Starting One.” I illustrated the reasons for buying an existing business by telling the story of a business owner named Sam. At the end of the post, Sam is revealed to be none other than Sam Walton — founder of Walmart Stores, Inc. — who bought a Ben Franklin variety store in 1945 and turned it into the world’s largest retailer.
