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- Sell Your C Corp Software Company- Asset Versus Stock Sale
By: Dave Kauppi | - If you are the owner of a C Corp and are planning on selling your software company, you must understand the ramifications of the stock sale versus the asset sale. Here is what happens when there is an asset sale of a C Corp. The assets that are sold are compared to their depreciated basis and the difference is treated as ordinary income to the C Corp. Any good will is a 100% gain and again is treated as ordinary income. This new found income drives up your corporate tax rate, often to the maximu ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Tax Consequences Of Selling A Healthcare Business
By: Dave Kauppi | - The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of the tax impact in the sale of your healthcare business. As an M&A intermediary and member of the IBBA, International Business Brokers Association, we recognize our responsibility to recommend that you consult your attorneys and tax accountants for specific advice on your business sale transaction.
As a general rule, buyers of healthcare businesses have already completed several transactions. They have a process and ar ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Ten Signs That It's Time To Sell The Family Software Business
By: Dave Kauppi | - For the past 20 years you have built your software business. Your company has become part of your identity. Even when you are not at work, you are working, thinking, planning. You never stop. If you sell, you are leaving behind much more than a job. In this article, we will discuss some signs that might indicate that it is time to exit your business.
1. Late in your working life you are faced with a major capital requirement in order for your software company to maintain its compe ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Selling Your Healthcare Company- Beware Of The Tire Kicker
By: Dave Kauppi | - We are often contacted by a healthcare company owner after he has been approached by a buyer. He wants information from us on the merger and acquisition process, which we are happy to provide. He wants to wait, however, to engage our firm to sell his company "until this situation with the buyer plays itself out."
This is the start of the death spiral. I don't want to sound overly dramatic, but this rarely has a happy ending. These supposed buyers will drain your time, resources, f ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Selling Your C Corp Healthcare Company- Negotiate Hard For A Stock Sale
By: Dave Kauppi | - If you are the owner of a C Corp and are planning on selling your healthcare company, you must understand the ramifications of the stock sale versus the asset sale. Here is what happens when there is an asset sale of a C Corp. The assets that are sold are compared to their depreciated basis and the difference is treated as ordinary income to the C Corp. Any good will is a 100% gain and again is treated as ordinary income. This new found income drives up your corporate tax rate, often to the maxi ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Selling Your Software Company- The Number One Value Driver
By: Dave Kauppi | - Why is contractually recurring revenue so important? The first answer is risk. Buying a business is risky. Any factor that reduces this risk is rewarded with transaction value. Forecasted sales, for example, are at the high end of the risk scale and are heavily discounted in value. Historical time and materials revenues that are "most likely to be at about the same level" next year are somewhere in the middle of the risk scale and are valued accordingly.
The owner and key employee ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Avoid These Ten Mistakes In The Sale Of Your Healthcare Company
By: Dave Kauppi | - Selling your healthcare company is the most important transaction you will ever make. Mistakes in this process can greatly erode your transaction proceeds. Do not spend twenty years of your toil and skill building your business like a pro only to exit like an amateur. Below are ten common mistakes to avoid:
1. Selling because of an unsolicited offer to buy- One of the most common reasons owners tell us they sold their healthcare business was they got an offer from a competitor or ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Tax Consequences Of Selling A Software Business
By: Dave Kauppi | - The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the importance of the tax impact in the sale of your software business. As an M&A intermediary and member of the IBBA, International Business Brokers Association, we recognize our responsibility to recommend that you consult your attorneys and tax accountants for specific advice on your business sale transaction.
As a general rule, buyers of software businesses have already completed several transactions. They have a process and are su ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Healthcare Company Mergers And Acquisitions- Avoid These Ten Mistakes
By: Dave Kauppi | - Selling your medical company is the most important transaction you will ever make. Mistakes in this process can greatly erode your transaction proceeds. Do not spend twenty years of your toil and skill building your business like a pro only to exit like an amateur. Below are ten common mistakes to avoid:
Selling because of an unsolicited offer to buy- One of the most common reasons owners tell us they sold their business was they got an offer from a competitor or more often these ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Selling Your Software Company- Deal Structures And Taxes
By: Dave Kauppi | - As a general rule, buyers of businesses have already completed several transactions. They have a process and are surrounded by a team of experienced mergers and acquisitions professionals. Sellers on the other hand, sell a business only one time. Their "team" consists of their outside counsel who does general business law and their accountant who does their books and tax filings. It is important to note that the seller's team may have little or no experience in a business sale transaction.
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Ten Signs That It's Time To Sell The Family Healthcare Business
By: Dave Kauppi | - For the past 20 years you have built your healthcare business. Your company has become part of your identity. Even when you are not at work, you are working, thinking, planning. You never stop. If you sell, you are leaving behind much more than a job. In this article, we will discuss some signs that might indicate that it is time to exit your business.
1. Late in your working life you are faced with a major capital requirement in order for your healthcare company to maintain its c ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Should You Sell Your Healthcare Company?
By: Dave Kauppi | - For many healthcare companies, the answer to that question is a resounding, NO! There is an exception to this with the rapid rise of the new economy, new media, and highly scalable companies like Google, YouTube, Ebay, PayPal, and MySpace. In their case, their prospective customers highly value their newness, their breaking the mold, their non-establishment approach. They are viewed as doing what they do far better than the technology establishment stalwarts. The notable exception to this is App ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Selling Your Software Company- Beware Of The Tire Kicker
By: Dave Kauppi | - We are often contacted by a software company owner after he has been approached by a buyer. He wants information from us on the merger and acquisition process, which we are happy to provide. He wants to wait, however, to engage our firm to sell his company "until this situation with the buyer plays itself out."
This is the start of the death spiral. I don't want to sound overly dramatic, but this rarely has a happy ending. These supposed buyers will drain your time, resources, foc ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Selling Your Software Company- Why Use A Merger And Acquisitions Advisor?
By: Dave Kauppi | - Perhaps the most important business transaction you will ever pursue is the sale of your software company. Many business owners attempt to do it themselves and when asked if they got a good deal, many respond with "I think so," or "I got my asking price," or "I really don't know," or "It was a disaster." Often times these very capable business people approach the sale of their business with less formality than in the sale of a home. The purpose of this article is to answer the questions - Why wo ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Selling Your Healthcare Company- Why Earnouts Make Sense Today
By: Dave Kauppi | - The purpose of this article is to present earnouts to sellers of healthcare companies as a method to maximize their transaction proceeds. Sellers have historically viewed earnouts with suspicion as a way for buyers to get control of their companies cheaply. Earnouts are a variable pricing mechanism designed to tie final sale price to future performance of the acquired entity and are tied to measurable economic milestones such as revenues, gross profit, net income and EBITDA. An intelligently str ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
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- Achieving Strategic Value In The Sale Of A Software Company
By: Dave Kauppi | - One of the most challenging aspects of selling an information technology company is coming up with a business valuation. Sometimes the valuations provided by the market (translation - a completed transaction) defy all logic. In other industry segments there are some pretty handy rules of thumb for valuation metrics. In one industry it may be 1 X Revenue, in another it could be 7.5 X EBITDA.
Since it is critical to our business to help our information technology clients maximize th ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Selling Your Software Company- Prepare For The Buyer Visit
By: Dave Kauppi | - In our mergers and acquisitions practice, a very important event prior to receiving letters of intent is the buyer visit. Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a simple headquarters tour. Experienced buyers know just the right questions to ask to uncover risks and to discover opportunities. We try to coach our sellers on how to present and how to answer these carefully scripted questions.
Unfortunately, a man or a woman that has called his or her own shots for the last 25 yea ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- The Pricing Dynamics Of Selling A Healthcare Company
By: Dave Kauppi | - How much is my medical company worth? That depends. Of course it depends on profits, sales, EBITDA, and other traditional valuation metrics. A surprisingly important factor, however, is how you choose to sell it. If I could share with you how you could realize at least 20% more for your business would you read the rest of this article?
The way to achieve the most value from selling your healthcare company is to get several strategic buyers all competing in a soft auction process. ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- The Pricing Dynamics Of Selling A Software Company
By: Dave Kauppi | - How much is my software company worth? That depends. Of course it depends on profits, sales, EBITDA, and other traditional valuation metrics. A surprisingly important factor, however, is how you choose to sell it. If I could share with you how you could realize at least 20% more for your business would you read the rest of this article?
The way to achieve the most value from selling your software company is to get several strategic buyers all competing in a soft auction process. ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Selling Your Healthcare Company- Prepare For The Buyer Visit
By: Dave Kauppi | - In our healthcare mergers and acquisitions practice, a very important event prior to receiving letters of intent is the buyer visit. Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a simple headquarters tour. Experienced buyers know just the right questions to ask to uncover risks and to discover opportunities. We try to coach our sellers on how to present and how to answer these carefully scripted questions.
Unfortunately, a man or a woman that has called his or her own shots for the ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- An Alternative To Venture Capital For The Software Entrepreneur
By: Dave Kauppi | - If you are an entrepreneur with a small software company looking to take it to the next level, this article should be of particular interest to you. Your natural inclination may be to seek venture capital or private equity to fund your growth. According to Jim Casparie, founder and CEO of the Venture Alliance, the odds of getting Venture funding remain below 3%. Given those odds, the six to nine month process, the heavy, often punishing valuations, the expense of the process, this might not be t ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Achieving Strategic Value In The Sale Of A Healthcare Company
By: Dave Kauppi | - One of the most challenging aspects of selling a healthcare company is coming up with a business valuation. Sometimes the valuations provided by the market (translation- a completed transaction) defy all logic. In other industry segments there are some pretty handy rules of thumb for valuation metrics. In one industry it may be 1 X Revenue, in another it could be 7.5 X EBITDA.
Since it is critical to our business to help our clients maximize their business selling price, I have gi ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Should You Sell Your Software Company?
By: M&A Guy | - For many entrepreneurs, technology based companies or healthcare companies, the answer to that question is a resounding, NO! There is an exception to this with the rapid rise of the new economy, new media, and highly scaleable companies like Google, YouTube, Ebay, PayPal, and MySpace. In their case, their prospective customers highly value their newness, their breaking the mold, their non-establishment approach. They are viewed as doing what they do far better than the technology establishment s ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Selling Your Healthcare Company- Deal Structures And Taxes
By: M&A Guy | - As a general rule, buyers of businesses have already completed several transactions. They have a process and are surrounded by a team of experienced mergers and acquisitions professionals. Sellers on the other hand, sell a business only one time. Their "team" consists of their outside counsel who does general business law and their accountant who does their books and tax filings. It is important to note that the seller's team may have little or no experience in a business sale transaction.
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Software Company Mergers And Acquisitions- Avoid These Ten Mistakes
By: M&A Guy | - Selling your software company is the most important transaction you will ever make. Mistakes in this process can greatly erode your transaction proceeds. Do not spend twenty years of your toil and skill building your business like a pro only to exit like an amateur. Below are ten common mistakes to avoid:
Selling because of an unsolicited offer to buy- One of the most common reasons owners tell us they sold their business was they got an offer from a competitor or more often thes ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Before You Sell Your Healthcare Business- Focus On Recurring Revenue
By: M&A Guy | - This article discusses some actions the owners should take in anticipation of selling a medical business. Many of these actions would be implemented by the acquirer post acquisition. If you implement them prior to the sale, the buyers will reflect that in an enhanced purchase price. If the buyer implements them post acquisition, they certainly will not pay you for the improvements.
Review all long-term maintenance contracts and implement price increases that are covered by your a ...
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker
- Before You Sell Your Software Company- Focus On Recurring Revenue
By: M&A Guy | - This article discusses some actions the owners should take in anticipation of selling a software business or an IT Services business. Many of these actions would be implemented by the acquirer post acquisition. If you implement them prior to the sale, the buyers will reflect that in an enhanced purchase price. If the buyer implements them post acquisition, they certainly will not pay you for the improvements.
Review all long-term maintenance contracts and implement price increase ...
Tags: information technology investment banker, merger acquisition, venture capital, sell software company
- Software Investment Banking - The Art Of Business Valuation
By: M&A Guy | - One of the most challenging aspects of selling a software company is coming up with a business valuation. Sometimes the valuations provided by the market (translation - a completed transaction) defy all logic. In other industry segments there are some pretty handy rules of thumb for valuation metrics. In one industry it may be 1 X Revenue, in another it could be 7.5 X EBITDA.
Since it is critical to our business to help our information technology clients maximize their business se ...
Tags: sell software company, merger acquisition software, investment banker software industry, valuation
- Selling A Business, New Rules For Merger And Acquisition Success
By: M&A Guy | - If you are a business owner considering selling your business, most likely you will interview several business brokers or merger and acquisition advisors. In the process you might hear, "We have lists of qualified buyers." Some potential business sellers find this phrase almost hypnotic. It congers visions of this group of well funded, anxious buyers who can't wait to pay a generous price the moment they are made aware of this great opportunity.
For the larger business owners that ...
Tags: business brokers, merger, acquisition, sell a business, Chicago Illinois, investment banker, valuation
- Sell Or Keep Your Business - The Numbers May Surprise You
By: M&A Guy | - In our Merger and Acquisition practice we watch as business buyers go through an exhaustive analysis to determine if it is financially prudent to make a particular company acquisition. Some use EBITDA multiples or free cash flow multiples. Others use the classic discounted cash flow approach while another group might look at a payback period analysis or debt coverage ratios. They all have one thing in common, however. They do a financial analysis as the primary determinant in making a decision t ...
Tags: business brokers, merger, acquisition, sell a business, Chicago Illinois, investment banker, valuation
- Selling Your Business - We Have Qualified Buyers
By: M&A Guy | - If you are a business owner considering selling your business most likely you will interview several business brokers or merger and acquisition advisors. In the process you might hear, "We have lists of qualified buyers." Some potential business sellers find this phrase almost hypnotic. It congers visions of this group of well funded, anxious buyers who can't wait to pay a generous price the moment they are made aware of this great opportunity.
Let's lift up the covers and look a ...
Tags: qualified buyers, business brokers, merger, acquisition, sell a business, , investment banker
- Sell A Business, Key Factors For A Successful Exit
By: M&A Guy | - You started your company 20 years ago "in your garage", worked many 80 hour weeks, bootstrapped your growth, view your company with the pride of an entrepreneur, and are now considering your exit. The decision to sell is all too often a reactive one rather than a proactive one -- the primary reasons are a serious health issue, owner burnout, the death of a principal, general industry decline or the loss of a major customer.
Exit on purpose and do it from a position of strength an ...
Tags: business broker, merger, acquisition, sell a business, Chicago Illinois, investment banker, M&A, exit plan
- Sell A Business, Keys To A Successful Exit
By: M&A Guy | - The decision to sell is all too often a reactive one rather than a proactive one -- the primary reasons are a serious health issue, owner burnout, the death of a principal, general industry decline or the loss of a major customer. The purpose of this article is to discuss the ten key factors that a business owner should consider in their once in a lifetime opportunity to maximize the rewards from their lifetime of work.
1. Do not wait too long. Have you ever heard, "I sold my bus ...
Tags: business broker, merger, acquisition, sell a business, Chicago Illinois, investment banker, M&A, exit plan
- Avoid The Number One Mistake In Selling Your Business
By: M&A Guy | - Ask any business owner who has sold a business or attempted to sell a business, "What would you do differently?" If he or she attempted to sell it without help, chances are pretty good that the transaction did not succeed. If the transaction were actually completed, chances are that they did not get a good price, but had no idea that this occurred.
We were recently engaged to sell a medical products company. In our process we will identify 50 to 150 companies that would be likely ...
Tags: business broker, merger, acquisition, sell a business, Chicago Illinois, investment banker, M&A, exit plan
- Business Sellers - Beware Of Potential Changes In The Capital Gains Tax
By: M&A Guy | - Thinking of selling your business? If you have planned it correctly, most of your transaction proceeds should be long term capital gains. Given the current political climate and the upcoming change in the White House, capital gains taxes will come under attack. If you are a business owner and are thinking of selling your business within the next 5 years, you may want to move up your exit timeframe says Dave Kauppi, President of MidMarket Capital, a Merger and Acquisition Advisor.
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Tags: business broker, merger and acquisition, sell a business, capital gain tax, investment banker, M&A
- A Major Concern For Business Sellers - What Happens To My Employees
By: M&A Guy | - For family business owners, the employees, if they are not actually family, they are like family. Many have been there through the bad times and the good. They may have not gotten an expected raise because of tough times. They have been to each other's children's weddings. The boss has helped the employee family with an unexpected healthcare expense. The bonds are very strong. An admirable trait that we see from almost every business owner we represent is the deep concern for what happens to my ...
Tags: business broker, merger and acquisition, sell a business, succession planning, investment banker, M&A
- Prepare To Sell Your Material Handling Business
By: M&A Guy | - Baby Boomers are hitting retirement age and are starting to retire in large numbers. For business owners, that retirement is often accomplished through a business sale.
Even if you currently view the idea as unlikely, you are wise to consider the possibility of selling your material handling company. The decision to sell is all too often a reactive one rather than a proactive one -- the primary reasons are a serious health issue, owner burnout, the death of a principal, general i ...
Tags: business broker material handling, merger acquisition, investment banker, lift truck, sell
- Before You Sell Your Material Handling Business
By: M&A Guy | - If you're a family business owner, chances are you're thinking about what you'll do when your working days are over. As William Rothwell, a professor at Penn State University, noted in the foreword to Exit Right: A Guided Tour of Succession Planning for Families in Business Together "More than 40% of the people who run the closely held operations that comprise 80% of the North American economy will retire by 2007."
Even if you currently view the idea as unlikely, you are wise to ...
Tags: business broker material handling, merger acquisition, investment banker, lift truck, sell
- Selling Your Business - Should It Be A Do It Yourself Job?
By: M&A Guy | - Making the decision to sell your business is hard enough, but having a buyer tell the owner it is not worth as much as he thought can really be a blow. The emotional attachment that most owners have to their business is very deep. They remember the long hours, the financial hardships, the wearing of all the hats responsibility, the worry and the pride of success. They believe that they ran their business the right way and that the new owners should stick with their system. With this backdrop, t ...
Tags: business broker, merger and acquisition, sell a business, succession planning, investment banker, M&A
- Faq's From Business Buyers
By: M&A Guy | - An area of great concern to our business selling clients as we help prepare them for a buyer visit is what questions the buyer is likely to ask. Below are a representative set of questions that we have encountered. This article will not provide you with the answers because they will vary with each business seller. However, we will provide a buyer motivation framework so that you can answer the questions with this common framework in mind.
Buyers want to eliminate as much risk as p ...
Tags: business broker, merger and acquisition, sell a business, succession planning, investment banker, M&A
- Selling Your Business - Groom Or Hire Your Successor
By: M&A Guy | - One of the exciting aspects of being involved in Mergers and Acquisitions is that we are constantly learning. One of our most productive classrooms is the buyer visit. In those visits the buyer's motivations, priorities, concerns, and value drivers and value detractors are often revealed.
This was the case in one recent buyer visit with our client. Her Firm is representative of many early baby boomer led firms that "started the business in their garage" (actually it was started in ...
Tags: business broker, merger and acquisition, sell a business, succession planning, investment banker, M&A
- Business Broker Versus Merger And Acquisition Advisor - The Monthly Fee Objection
By: M&A Guy | - Probably the biggest objection that we get from potential business sellers is, "I'm not going to pay you a monthly fee only a success fee when you sell my business." These business owners have met with business brokers that do not charge a monthly fee and believe that a Merger and Acquisition Advisory Firm should agree to the same pricing structure.
For many types of businesses I would agree that a seller should hire a business broker and not pay a monthly fee. If that business is ...
Tags: business broker, merger and acquisition, sell a business, succession planning, investment banker, M&A
- The First Himss Venture Fair -2007
By: M&A Guy | - I attended the new Venture Fair at the Himss Conference and applaud the organizers for launching this new event. In spite of its maiden voyage, it was very well organized, well attended and very effective. In fact, the biggest difficulty was the weather not co-operating and the morning session had a majority of entrepreneurial presenters compared with qualified investors. By Mid Afternoon, with late arrivals, however, the ratio of investor to presenter was approximately one-to-one.
Tags: business broker healthcare information technology, merger acquisition, sell, investment banker, M&A
- Business Brokers - Bad Practices From The Big Boys
By: M&A Guy | - I sit on the board of directors of the Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries (MBBI). An attorney from a small Chicago law firm was recently elected to the board. In his first meeting he introduced himself and said he was on the board at a Chicago attorney association. He stood up in front of our board and said, "You guys don't have a very good reputation in the legal community.
That certainly got our attention and he went on to explain the reasons why. As I listened to him, ...
Tags: business broker, merger and acquisition, sell a business, succession planning, investment banker, M&A
- Selling Your Business - What Would Sam Zell Do?
By: M&A Guy | - If you were thinking of making an investment it might be a good idea to watch how Warren Buffet does it. If you are going to sell your business, maybe you should emulate Sam Zell, multibillionaire founder of Equity Residential (EQR). He is selling his company in one of the largest private equity deals ever.
Sam agreed to take an initial offer from Blackrock Private Equity at $48 per share with a break-up fee of $500 million. EQR has 292.13 million shares outstanding, resulting in ...
Tags: business broker, merger and acquisition, sell a business, succession planning, investment banker, M&A
- Selling Your Business - Prepare For The Buyer Visit
By: M&A Guy | - In our mergers and acquisitions practice a very important event prior to receiving letters of intent is the buyer visit. Don't be fooled into thinking that this is a simple headquarters tour. Experienced buyers know just the right questions to ask to uncover risks and to discover opportunities. We try to coach our sellers on how to present and how to answer these carefully scripted questions.
Unfortunately, a man or a woman that has called their own shots for the last 25 years is ...
Tags: business broker, merger and acquisition, sell a business, succession planning, investment banker, M&A
- Business Sellers - Beware Of The C Corp Asset Sale
By: M&A Guy | - We recently completed a Merger and Acquisition engagement to sell our client to a large publicly traded company. Our client had started her company 25 years ago and had set it up a C Corp. She never was advised to change that structure in preparation for a much better tax treatment on the sale of the business.
The buyer had an acquisition policy of only asset sales and no stock sales. The tax implications to our client were punishing. In a C Corp Asset Sale, there is no such thing ...
Tags: business broker Chicago Illinois, sell business, merger acquisition, investment banker, venture capital
- Do Your Company's Sales Match The Excellence Of Your Product Or Service?
By: M&A Guy | - For many entrepreneurs, technology based companies or healthcare companies, the answer to that question is a resounding, NO! There is an exception to this with the rapid rise of the new economy, new media, highly scaleable companies like Google, U-Tube, Ebay, PayPal, and MySpace.
In their case, their prospective customers highly value their newness, their breaking the mold, their non-establishment approach. They are viewed as doing what they do far better than the technology esta ...
Tags: Keywords: merger acquisition healthcare, business broker healthcare, M&A, sell, investment banker
- Looking To Sell A Healthcare Company - Consider An M&a Advisor
By: M&A Guy | - Perhaps the most important business transaction you will ever pursue is the sale of your business. Many healthcare business owners attempt to do it themselves and when asked if they got a good deal, many respond with "I think so," or "I got my asking price," or "I really don't know," or "It was a disaster." Often times these very capable business people approach the sale of their business with less formality than in the sale of a home. The purpose of this article is to answer the questions - Wh ...
Tags: merger acquisition healthcare, business broker healthcare, M&A, sell, investment banker, venture
- Selecting A Merger And Acquisition Advisor For The Sale Of Your Business - The Request For Proposal
By: M&A Guy | - In my prior business experience in the information technology industry, it was a very common practice for potential buyers to submit a Request for Proposal in order to make a purchase decision. After several years as a Merger and Acquisition advisor, I finally got an RFP. A light bulb went off.
This is the most important "purchase decision" a business owner will ever make, and yet the process of selecting an advisor in a multi million dollar transaction was generally less diligen ...
Tags: Request For Proposal, RFP, business broker, investment banker, sell business, merger acquisition
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