3 Steps to Get Your Life Back
Has the global pandemic left you stretched thin as a business owner? Follow these three steps to lighten your workload and get your life back.
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Why Focus on Exit Planning?
Most business owners are focused in the present on building their business. You may be one of them. There is great value, however, in planning what you will do to sell your business – even before you officially launch...
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5 M&A Myths to Be Aware Of
Myths can do damage where your money is concerned. In a Divestopedia article entitled “Crazy M&A Myths You Need to Stop Believing Now,” Tammie Miller explores five big merger and acquisition myths that can cause you problems. Miller points out...
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What Are Your Business Real Estate Options?
In a December 2018 article in Divestopedia entitled, “Options for Business Real Estate When Selling a Company,” the topic of business real estate was explored at length. One of the article’s key points was that understanding one’s business real estate options...
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Financing a Business Sale? 5 Questions to Consider
How should the sale and financing of a business sale be structured? This is an issue that should be addressed early in the sale process. For most people, buying or selling a business is one of the most, if...
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What Types of Buyers Will You Meet?
Selling a business can be exciting and lucrative. But going through the sales process means embracing the notion that you’ll have to be prepared for whatever might be thrown your way. A key aspect of preparing to sell your...
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Goodwill & Its Importance to Your Business
What exactly does the term “goodwill” mean when it comes to buying or selling a business? Usually, this term is a reference to all the effort a seller puts into a business over the years that he or she...
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Prepare Your Exit on Day One
Pepperjam CTO Greg Shepard recently published “Planning Your Exit Should Begin When You Launch,” in Entrepreneur magazine. In this article, Shepard puts forward a variety of thought-provoking ideas including that entrepreneurs should be thinking about partnering early on with...
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Why Do Business Sales Fall Through?
There are myriad reasons why the sale of a business doesn’t close successfully. These multiple causes can be broken down into four categories: those caused by the seller, those caused by the buyer, those that just happen (“acts of...
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Key Elements for Every Partnership Agreement
Your partnership agreement is one of the most important business documents you will ever sign. Many people go into business with loved ones, relatives, or lifelong friends only to discover (once it’s too late) that they should have had...
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