Posted on May 27th, 2009 by Bay Area Business Sales
Filed under: Business Owner Objectives, Exit Strategy
Let’s review the four areas where business owners who want to both survive in today’s economic climate and emerge from it poised for growth (or sale) can focus their energies. As you may recall, those areas are:
Preserving and Protecting Value
Identifying Value and Cash Flow
Creating Revenue
Creating Value
Most owners are currently waist-deep in the first area: cutting [...]
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Posted on February 12th, 2009 by Bay Area Business Sales
Filed under: Exit Strategy, Transferring Business Ownership
Should you sell your company now? Not only does the answer depend on you (how much fire you’ve got left in your belly) and on your exit goals (can a sale achieve your retirement needs?), it also depends on what you’ve got to sell, what industry you are in and M&A market conditions in your [...]
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