You Need Time to Manage Your Sale
Diarise Your Sale, Realise a Better Exit Strategy The main effect of selling your business will be the additional load on your time. It is unavoidable, even with help from professional services firms and business sale advisors. You will be needed for conference calls, meetings, discussions and external appointments, much of which will need to be […]
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The Top 4 Personality Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs Being an entrepreneur is at once one of the most challenging and rewarding paths a person can take. Owning and managing a company is extremely complicated, consuming the majority of a person’s time and energy, yet for some, provides a sense of accomplishment and success that little […]
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Seven Reasons To Wait Before Selling Your Company For many modern entrepreneurs, the end goal of starting a successful company is to sell it – once it has reached a certain level of profitability. For those who started a company for other reasons, selling may be for a myriad of other reasons. Regardless of the […]
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How Can Joint Owners Sell a Company Successfully? Selling a business as a going concern can be complex enough for sole owners and require the skill set of a professional to help you get through the entire process. However, when the company has more than one owner, the business of selling it can be even […]
Read More PreparationIn a Time of Uncertainty, the Buyer Holds the Cards
It’s Not a Business Seller’s Market Right Now The fact of the matter is that it has always been a buyer’s market when it comes to selling your business. Although the continuing Brexit uncertainty may continue to delay potential investments into the market for a period, getting prepared for a business sale now still makes […]
Read More DisposalThey’re More Like Estate Agents Than You Think
Should You Hire a Business Broker? We know. Some estate agents have a bad reputation. And a few deserve it. But, most of the time, they perform a useful purpose and deliver a better result than a house owner could achieve on their own. Let’s look at some of the reasons why and how this compares […]
Read More PreparationThe Pitfalls of Saying ‘Yes’
Should You Accept the First Offer for Your Business? If the first offer you receive for your business is a great one you should accept it. Or should you? It is quite understandable that, when offered a large sum of money for your business, you feel you should grab it with both hands. Before doing […]
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Are You Prepared for Your Business Sale? The process of selling a business normally starts with you: no, not the business, you! Your ambitions, your plans, your aims and your future are the most important drivers of the process. Mistakes can happen even before you start the actual process. Consider carefully these five critical issues […]
Read More Preparation ValuationIt’s Not Necessarily You vs. the World
Five Top Negotiation Tips when Selling Your Company Successful negotiations rely as much on basic communication skills as they do on tactics. Getting them right can mean the difference between the sale of the business for an optimised price and on optimised terms and the business failing to sell at all. You should aim to […]
Read More DisposalThe Competitive Edge when it Comes to Business Sale
How to Achieve the Best Price For Your Company 1991, Athletics World Championships, the Long Jump final. An epic duel, which not only culminated in the besting of one of the longest standing world records (Bob Beamon from 1968), but which also was arguably one of the finest athletic battles ever recorded as first Carl Lewis broke […]
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