General Business Brokerage

21 Mar

Posted at 03:02h in Blog, Business, Business - null, Business Investing, Buyer Articles, Buyer FAQ, Buying a Business, Exit Planning, Financing the Deal, General Business Brokerage, Impact Investing, Seller Articles, Seller FAQ, Selling a Business, Using a Professional, Valuation, Venture Advocates

Owning a business and owning the right kind of business for you are, of course, two wildly different things.  Owning the wrong kind of business can make you absolutely miserable.  So if you are considering buying a business, it is prudent that you invest the...

29 Feb

Posted at 03:00h in Assign, Blog, Business, Business - null, Business Investing, Buyer Articles, Buyer FAQ, Buying a Business, Exit Planning, Financing the Deal, General Business Brokerage, Impact Investing, Seller Articles, Seller FAQ, Selling a Business, Using a Professional, Valuation, Venture Advocates

Thinking about whether or not you are ready to exit is an important question.  It’s something that every business owner will have to address at some point.  Importantly, you don’t want to wait until the 11th hour to prepare to sell your business.  There are...

28 Feb

Posted at 11:53h in Assign, Blog, Business, Business - null, Business Investing, Buyer Articles, Buyer FAQ, Buying a Business, Exit Planning, Financing the Deal, General Business Brokerage, Impact Investing, Seller Articles, Seller FAQ, Selling a Business, Using a Professional, Valuation, Venture Advocates

Growth is happening all around us these days (Coronavirus notwithstanding).  Locally in Grand Junction we're seeing businesses expanding and the real estate market is ripe with new home developments.  In this recent article by Axial.com  on M&A market trends for 2020 one area that stood...

27 Jun

Posted at 07:49h in General Business Brokerage

As the federal government and the state governments look for more ways to bring in money, the independent contractor status is a likely place for them to look. After all, by using independent contractors rather than employees, employers don’t have to withhold taxes, provide workers’...

27 Jun

Posted at 07:48h in General Business Brokerage

A recent article in the Boston Globe reported that although more attention is on the large, primarily publicly held companies, more and more people are making their living by operating their own businesses. In fact, nationally, over 500,000 new businesses are started every year.  What...

27 Jun

Posted at 07:42h in General Business Brokerage

Small companies are the innovators. The need for large companies to acquire small companies is necessary in order for the former to capture new products and services.  According to Fortune magazine, "Big companies almost never innovate. This is unfortunate because innovation is one of the...

27 Jun

Posted at 07:42h in General Business Brokerage

The median sales of a company going public has gone from an average $15 million in 1999 and 2000 to $164 million in 2004.  Smaller companies have decided not to go public as often as in years past, and they reap the quick – and...

27 Jun

Posted at 07:41h in General Business Brokerage

In most jurisdictions, a board of directors is not required for privately held companies.  However, many of these companies have appointed what might be termed advisory boards.  Although they may not have any legal authority, owners of these privately owned companies have discovered that this...

27 Jun

Posted at 07:41h in General Business Brokerage

The deal is getting down to the wire, the price differential is close, but the parties are not yet in agreement. Following are some ideas that might get the ball rolling and help bring the parties together. Let the seller retain the real estate and rent...

27 Jun

Posted at 07:40h in General Business Brokerage

A  recent article in M&A Today offered some observations concerning current and future M&A trends. “The business world is constantly changing.  For the first half of the 20th century, vertical integration was the objective in which, oil companies, for example, owned the entire process from drilling...