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What’s a Non-Disclosure Agreement?

A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is also referred to as a Confidentiality Agreement. With reference to a Mergers & Acquisitions transaction, an NDA is usually executed by a prospective buyer prior to receiving a Confidential Business Memorandum/Review (CBM) in a sale process. In a less common circumstance, an NDA can also be executed by a seller after the closing of an acquisition to ensure that the details of the transaction are not disclosed to the marketplace.

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The Most Important Goal of the Smartest Business Owners

What are your business goals for the year? If you’re like most owners, you have a profit goal you want to hit. You may also have a top line revenue number that’s important to you. While those goals are important, there is another objective that may have an even bigger payoff: building a sellable business!

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5 Reasons Strategic Buyers May Pay More for Your Business

Did you see the news that Facebook acquired Internet messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014?  As of today, it represents the largest-ever acquisition of an Internet company in history.

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6 Ways to Increase the Value of Your Business

In ski racing, one fifth of a second can be lost in the tiniest of miscalculations.  And when it comes to selling your business, markets can be equally cruel. Get everything right, and you can successfully sell your business for a premium. Misjudge a couple of minor details and a buyer can walk, leaving you with nothing.

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What is My Business Worth?

The first step a business owner needs to consider when planning the sale of his or her company is to determine the market value.  A business valuation provides an excellent indicator of your company’s market value, and it offers guidance for pricing the business for a successful sale in a reasonable period of time.  A proper valuation also reduces the likelihood of receiving offers significantly lower than the actual market value, thus shrinking the gap between the expected purchase price and actual offers.

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How Long Does it Take to Sell a Business?

The process of selling a business, from the preparation of the marketing documents to obtaining a check at the closing table, usually takes about eight to twelve months. There are many steps involved in this process – so many steps that have to occur in a certain sequence – that many sellers are often surprised at the complexity.  It’s sort of like elective surgery to correct a health problem.  If you knew all the steps involved in the actual surgical procedure, you might not elect to go through with it.  But, you keep your ultimate goal in mind, and just proceed through the steps – one at a time.

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Should I Sell My Business Now?

Many business owners have worked in and on their companies for so long that their lives have become unbalanced.  They spend all their waking hours working, so: (1) they have no outside activities or hobbies, and (2) they can’t imagine themselves no longer working.  And, when it’s time to sell (i.e. I’m burned out, my doctor says I’m too stressed from my work, my wife wants us to move closer to the grandkids, etc.), they make excuses for not moving forward with their lives.

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Avoid the Biggest Deal Killer – Time

When working with business owners who want to sell their business, they often fail to grasp the important of momentum in getting a deal completed.  I know they have lots to do each day just running their business.

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Biggest Myths about Selling Businesses

While containing a lot of humor, article exposes ten timeless “fairy tales” about selling a business.  Some of these myths sound reasonable, but experience tells us otherwise.  This article will give you unbiased reasoning that will help you separate the truth from fiction.

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When Should You Sell Your Business?

For instance, selling simply because you’re exhausted or can’t stand managing day-to-day operations anymore can drastically reduce the value of your company. But bailing out under other circumstances may prove profitable.

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