Value Drivers: Clean and Accurate Financials (Part II)

Current Financial position and historical records are the major factors in putting a value on a business. Last week the focus came down to trust issues around the financials. This week we’ll focus on the numbers. Definition of Cash Flow: owner salary, net profit,...

Value Drivers: Clean and Accurate Financial Information

One of the biggest struggles we have with our entrepreneur clients is that they have lousy financial statements. Many times it’s from lack of caring and know-how, but sometimes it’s done intentionally. How does a professional advisor, such as a banker, lawyer,...

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...