Jim White is a small business owner. He owns a small, niche manufacturing company. That’s who he is, and that’s what he’s done for 42 years, but recently he’s been thinking about retiring. Jim always thought he would sell the business someday to fund his retirement, and it appears that Read more…
Based on your analysis you have a good idea of what buyer type will be interested in acquiring your company. But how will that buyer type value your business? Before we consider that, let’s review the valuation methodologies. The following is a brief overview of the valuation process. A complete Read more…
If you increase the value of your business you’ll increase the probability that your company will be one of the 25% of companies that go to market that actually sells. This is a huge deal because if you go from not selling to selling your company, that could mean going Read more…
Jim MacDonald (not his real name) had worked for a large consulting company for several years and he had become a senior member of the company’s computer networking department. In his eleventh year with the firm it made the decision to divest its computer networking operation and focus on software. Read more…
When I was growing up my parents were in the hotel business. In fact, at one point, they owned 3 hotels. My dad died when I was quite young and my mother continued operating the hotels. She did well but she soon realized that the 3 hotels were too much Read more…