A checklist for selling a business serves as your roadmap from initial preparation through successful closing. Yet most business owners don’t start working through this checklist until they’ve already decided to sell, costing them time, money, and sometimes the...
Preparing to sell a business is something most owners put off until they’ve made the decision to exit. This approach costs them money, time, and sometimes the sale itself. After 25 years helping business owners navigate exits, I’ve seen...
On October 10th Axial’s Q3 2024 issue of “The SMB M&A Pipeline” reported a major increase in M&A activity in Q3 2024. The platform saw 3,075 deals introduced to the market which represents a 30% year over year increase....
Per the BizBuySell website small business acquisitions are up over Q1. “Small business acquisitions reached a familiar milestone in the second quarter after growing 5% over the past year and 3% from last quarter, according to BizBuySell’s Insight Data,...
Per the Axial.net website “Axial is a private deal network serving professionals who own, advise, and invest in North American lower middle market companies. Axial’s deal-sourcing and deal marketing tools are used to facilitate the discovery and execution of...
Is it the Right Time? The perfect timing to sell your company……is there such a thing? Over the last 25 years we have experienced a few times that were very good times to take our client’s businesses to market....
Mesa, Arizona leads the list for (#1 Nationally) “Top Large Cities” for its robust economic performance as measured by population growth, GDP, employment rates, trade activity, business license applications and other indicators. Phoenix, Arizona is ranked #3 nationally and...
In M&A transactions the purchase agreement will almost certainly contain representations & warranties (R&Ws) made by both parties regardless of the type of purchase agreement utilized, asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement or merger agreement. This post by no...
Small business acquisitions grew 10% over the previous year and 3% over the previous quarter, according to BizBuySell’s Insight Data, which tracks and analyzes U.S. business-for-sale transactions and sentiment from business owners, buyers, and brokers. A total of 2,384...
Analyze your company across the following criteria. You may realize that there are some easily achievable changes that will increase your company’s value. Goodwill – Does your company contain “personal goodwill” or “entity goodwill”? Does the goodwill reside with...
Analyze your company across the following criteria. You may realize that there are some easily achievable changes that will increase your company’s value. Goodwill – Does your company contain “personal goodwill” or “entity goodwill”? Does the goodwill reside with...
