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How to Respond to an Unsolicited Buyer for Your Company
Having been in business for more than 20 years, you recently started thinking about when to sell your company. As business owner or CEO, you get a phone call out of the blue from a reputable company that has targeted your organization as a prime acquisition or merger candidate... (click here to read more)
In This Market Accurate Financial Information Is Essential
Even though these are challenging economic times, the positive news is there continues to be good demand for Sellers with fairly-valued companies. The bad news is, it is more difficult to get a transaction financed due to the current credit (lending) environment ...
What's All This Talk About Earnings Multiples?
How many times have you heard another business owner talk about selling a businesss for five times, six times or whatever times earnings? Quite a few, I’d imagine. As M&A specialists, two of the questions that we often hear from prospective clients are “what is the market multiple?” and “can I get the same multiple as someone else (either named or unnamed) got when I sell my business?” ...
Concerning Confidentiality
In many cases, we find that business owners are very private about their business plans. So private, in fact, that sometimes they fail to keep their spouses informed on their thoughts about the future, including those regarding exiting their company, until the last moment. This lack of communication can present a serious problem if it prevents business owners from receiving all the information needed to make wise decisions about how and when to exit their companies. It certainly does not lead to the best possible decisions for the owners, their employees, their companies or their families...
Articles Written By MergerMaven And Other Experts.
How to Respond to an Unsolicited Buyer for Your CompanyHaving been in business for more than 20 years, you recently started thinking about when to sell your company. As business owner or CEO, you get a phone call out of the blue from a reputable company that has targeted your organization as a prime acquisition or merger candidate... (click here to read more)
In This Market Accurate Financial Information Is EssentialEven though these are challenging economic times, the positive news is there continues to be good demand for Sellers with fairly-valued companies. The bad news is, it is more difficult to get a transaction financed due to the current credit (lending) environment ...
What's All This Talk About Earnings Multiples?How many times have you heard another business owner talk about selling a businesss for five times, six times or whatever times earnings? Quite a few, I’d imagine. As M&A specialists, two of the questions that we often hear from prospective clients are “what is the market multiple?” and “can I get the same multiple as someone else (either named or unnamed) got when I sell my business?” ...
Concerning ConfidentialityIn many cases, we find that business owners are very private about their business plans. So private, in fact, that sometimes they fail to keep their spouses informed on their thoughts about the future, including those regarding exiting their company, until the last moment. This lack of communication can present a serious problem if it prevents business owners from receiving all the information needed to make wise decisions about how and when to exit their companies. It certainly does not lead to the best possible decisions for the owners, their employees, their companies or their families...
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