Due Diligence

If you’re considering selling your company, make one last investment before you place the company on the market. Take the time to prepare and groom the company for sale. Common activities include organizing the facilities (inside and out), reducing customer concentration, securing key employees, write-off bad inventory/receivables, re-negotiating vendor contracts, secure solid facility lease and…

Acquiring a business is a life-changing event that will change not only your financial situation but also your lifestyle. A business takes a large investment of time, sweat, and tears. For many, matching your business acquisition to your interests or hobbies helps to decrease the chance of losing interest or becoming easily discouraged. There is…

In our “do it yourself” society, if there is a perceived way to save money by doing things ourselves few of us can resist.  That explains why I built a deck on my house, fixed my jetski and unsuccessfully tried to repair my computer hard drive.  Something’s are best left to the business brokers professionals like cutting…

A valuation is not about determining what a company is worth to the present owner, it is about evaluating the company’s transferable value. Evaluate your company through the eyes of a potential buyer. From that perspective we will ask you to focus on 10 value enhancing elements. Each element is a characteristic of a business…

You tried to sell your business last year and you didn’t find a buyer…. there’s no chance anything’s going to happen.  You tried to sell it yourself or hired an intermediary last time and it didn’t work. Your sales are flat or down and you think selling your business and a reasonable price is mission…