Value Drivers: Business Owner Who Works in the Business

Over the next several weeks you will read about keys to business value.  These are some basic drivers that will make your business or the business you are pursuing, more (or less) valuable. We are talking about the attractiveness to a potential buyer in an open...

Interest Rates are Low and Banks Are More Aggressive

We spent the better part of 2009 and 2010 trying to chase bankers who were not returning phone calls. There were many banks changing hands and were not able to pursue loans for business acquisitions. Over the last year, we have witnessed banks being more...

Fitting the Pieces Together – A Recent Success Story

We enjoy sharing success stories about the buyers and sellers that we work with. We had a business owner with a technology based company that wanted to sell. They were asking $950K for the business based on the current revenue stream. (This was all happening in the...

Capital Gains Taxes Set to Raise in 2013

Capital gains taxes will be going up from 15% to potentially 25% in 2013. If you are doing a deal that is valued at $1M, that can make a big difference in what you are able to put in the bank after selling your business to the tune of $100K. If you are close to...

Too Much Revenue for ONE Customer?

This is another real world story of the interesting situations that we find when brokering deals. We had a great business with great cash flow and great products. On the surface, everything looked like this was a business that could be sold at 3 or 4 times cash flow....