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Duties Performed by Business Brokers for Sellers

Some of the duties that professional business brokers perform to facilitate a business transition transaction include..

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Earn Outs

I recently read a very informative article, written by Doug Robbins, president of Robbinex, Inc., about Earn-outs. Doug, whose company specializes in the sale of mid-sized privately held businesses, addressed these four important topics related to Earn-outs: (i) What is a milestone [when used to determine an Earn-out]?, (ii) What part of the purchase price [is appropriate for an Earn-out]?, (iii) How [is the earn-out] paid?, and (iv) When [is the earn-out] paid?

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35 Steps in Selling a Business – An Outline

Whether you are trying to sell your business by yourself, or you hire a professional to guide you through the process, there are 35 separate steps required to sell a business. I’ve broken down these 35 steps into four major stages: Planning, Searching, Deal Making, and Closing.

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PLANNING: First 9 Steps In Selling a Business

Whether you are trying to sell your business by yourself, or you hire a professional to guide you through the process, there are four major stages of selling a business:  Planning, Searching, Deal Making, and Closing.  I will provide some explanation for each of the detailed steps in these four stages in a series of four discussions.  Here are the steps in the 1st stage – Planning

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SEARCHING: 8 Steps in 3rd Stage of Selling a Business

Whether you are trying to sell your business by yourself, or you hire a professional to guide you through the process, there are four major stages of selling a business:  Planning, Searching, Deal Making, and Closing.  I will provide some explanation for each of the detailed steps in these four stages in a series of four discussions

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DEAL MAKING: 10 Steps in 3rd Stage of Selling a Business

Whether you are trying to sell your business by yourself or hire a professional to guide you through the process, there are four major stages of selling a business: Planning, Searching, Deal Making, and Closing. Here are the ten steps in the 3rd stage – Deal Making

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CLOSING: 8 Steps in 4th Stage of Selling a Business

Whether you are trying to sell your business by yourself, or you hire a professional to guide you through the process, there are four major stages of selling a business: Planning, Searching, Deal Making, and Closing. I will provide some explanation for each of the detailed steps in these four stages in a series of four discussions.

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How Inventory Impacts Business Valuation

Many business owners who are interested in selling their company often ask how the amount of their inventory impacts the value of their business.

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Value Drivers – besides just Cash Flow or EBIDTA

Do you ever wonder why one business has buyers lined up willing to pay top dollar while another sits on the market for months, or even years? What do buyers look for in a prospective business acquisition? …The items, common to all industries, which drive up value, are called “Value Drivers.”

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One Buyer = No Buyer [Part 1 of 2]

Some business owners, when they’re ready to exit their business, try to sell their company themselves. After all, who knows their company better than they do, and could talk about it endlessly? And, how tough can it be to sell a business?

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