Sellers of businesses are more or less the same: They’re all looking for the best price they can get. Buyers are a lot harder to figure out, because different buyers can see the same company in different ways based upon their experiecne and background. A retail shop with modest revenue and little growth prospects may [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Is This the Right Time to Sell?
“Whatever the reason, there should be something other than dollars that motivates you to explore a sale. After all, if it weren’t more valuable to own the business than to sell it, no one would ever buy it.”
Mike Sharp, M&A Today, November 2002
The owner of a successful company is [...]
This is an excerpt from an article written by Ritchie Parker the author of ‘How to Buy a Good Business for a Great Price’ . His website is www.diomo.com
I don’t claim to be an expert in economics, but I always marvel how the average person gets lulled into believing the doom and gloom, and likewise [...]
This article is from published by the business brokerage press
The Impact of Seller Financing Full Price
The following figures are from a book by Toby Tatum, Transaction Patterns. While Toby made the calculations several years ago for the book, we believe the information is still quite relevant – and important. The original figures were based on the [...]
A Few Things to Consider
Buyers Want Cash Flow
The first thing to keep in mind is that the vast majority of buyers want to buy cash flow. Sit down with your accountant or bookkeeper and begin to get your financial statements in order with cash flow the order of business. Cash flow is not the same [...]
Back on the 7th of April, the Orlando Sentinel had an article about Cameron Kuhn http://www.orlandosentinel.com/community/news/windermere/orl-kuhn0408apr04,0,2389472.story
He had a great comment about fixed overhead…in essence…be careful about your overhead and keep it flexible……when things in your business change you need to be able to flex to survive
