27 Jun When Selling Your Business: Confidentiality Is Key
You've make the big decision to sell. Your books are in order, you've spiffed up the premises. What are you waiting for? Many sellers get to this threshold and then become...
You've make the big decision to sell. Your books are in order, you've spiffed up the premises. What are you waiting for? Many sellers get to this threshold and then become...
"Independent business owner" is a phrase with two meanings. Of course, it means being the owner of an independent business. But another way to look at "independent business owner" is...
Selling your business is a major decision! You have devoted your time, money and energy to building, running and operating your business. It may well represent your life's work. You...
You've made the big decision to put your business on the market. Your reasons for selling are valid, carefully-considered, and "good" - the kind that won't make a prospective buyer...
1. Make sure you have a valid reason for selling your business. Don't decide to sell because you have had a bad week or because moving closer to the grandkids...
What is the true income of an independent business? This is a question of interest to many parties--including prospective buyers, investors, and lenders--but nobody is more determined to know the...
"Your salespeople didn't listen when I placed my order, and when I wrote a letter to complain, they still didn't get it right. I guess they don't read any better...
Are your workers independent contractors or employees? This is a compelling question, especially where the Internal Revenue Service is concerned. Every worker claiming status as a non-employee means payroll taxes...
1. Place a reasonable price on your business. Since an inflated figure either turns off or slows down potential buyers, rely on your business broker to help you arrive at...
Answering services, message machines, voice mail, "on hold" music, speaker phones . . . where would a business be without them? Perhaps--in some situations--a lot better off! In the small...