Posted on 14 March 2011. Tags: Bigelow Company, Sell
By The Bigelow Company LLC “The right time to sell is when the right investor wants to buy.” Don’t dismiss this as the proverbial example of a consultant looking at your watch to tell you what time it is. Let’s look at this idea more closely. When investors come knocking on your door, it’s an indicator [...]
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Posted on 10 March 2011. Tags: business model, due diligence, earnouts, employees, ESOP, exit, family, legacy, legal, loan, management, management buy-out, Michael Oleksak, operation, owner, planning, preparing, private equity, seller notes, strategic buyer, succession plan, taxes, transition, valuation, will
By Michael Oleksak Over the next several decades, millions of U.S. businesses will be sold, merged, recapitalized, gifted, closed, or liquidated. In any of these events, both the owner and the company’s value will benefit from advance exit planning. Financial executives, whether internal or external, play a key role in educating company owners on the basics of exit planning. If you are the lead financial officer of [...]
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