Helping business owners who want to sell, meet business owners who want to buy

Four Warning Signs You Aren’t Ready to Buy a Business (“it takes one to know one”)

Business brokers always hear from people who say they are interested in buying a business. We love these calls, after all, we get paid when someone buys a business, so access to willing business buyers is a good thing, right? Well, not really, because most of the time these conversations are an utter waste of [...]

Revealed, The Secrets of Business Valuation

It’s no fun to tell a songwriter his song is bad.  Telling a novelist her novel won’t sell takes nerves of steel.  Telling a new Mom her newborn is not the cutest child in the nursery, well that’s just downright dangerous!  Telling a business owner what his business is really worth is no way to [...]

How Golf is Like Business

The Dumb Things We Do, How Business is Like Golf

Golf is like business. Anyone can try, yet most never excel. Those who are good at it make it look easy. Success in golf or in business usually takes time and money. Both require that you think quickly under pressure, and it seems there’s always someone behind you who wants to get ahead. But golf [...]

Working with a Business Broker

Seven Reasons To Hire A Professional Business Broker

There are only four ways a business owner will exit their business: They’ll close it They’ll give it away (most likely a son or daughter) They’ll die at their desk They’ll sell it One of every five businesses will change ownership every year.  There are right and wrong ways to go through the process, and [...]

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  • All the people who've spent past 6 yrs collecting our personal data on #Facebook are now multi-millionaires, so our data is safe for awhile about 2 days ago
  • I never cease to be amazed at the expense and innovation put into manipulating the NY Times Best Sellers List. It's become a real art. #NYT about 2 days ago
  • Reading & watching all the hype today brings back not-so-fond memories of March 2000. #FacebookIPO. about 2 days ago
  • The Facebook is the most important IPO to EVER hit the StockMarkets - But not for the reasons you think http://t.co/CfpWVKy7 via @mcuban about 3 days ago
  • A company without a proven revenue model worth $100 billion? Zuckerburg is suckering investors' imbalanced appetite, indigestion coming. about 4 days ago