Stephanie Breedlove started Breedlove & Associates in 1992 as a way to pay her nanny. The big payroll processors weren’t interested in dealing with one person’s wages and doing it themselves was complicated and time-consuming, too much for the then overwhelmed Breedloves. Breedlove saw a business...
June 9, 2017 A recent article published by Divestopedia entitled “The Only Valuation Method that Really Matters” explains the best method to use to value a business: the Business Buyer Valuation Method. While there are certainly other valuation methods, the author suggests that this one is the...
We get to meet a lot of company founders who are contemplating an exit. Some of our clients get lucky early in life, but in the vast majority of examples where a founder is getting a seven- or eight-figure offer, it is not their first...
May 8, 2017 A recently published Divestopedia article entitled “The Top 10 EBITDA Adjustments to Make Before Selling a Business” explains common practices in adjusting EBITDA before selling a business for the purpose of helping the seller get the best value from the sale. The process...
Sooner or later, the day may come when you seriously consider selling your business. Selling to a third party means that there are several steps you should take before you begin actively marketing your company. Keep in mind that the more time you allow for...
How do you know the right time to sell your company? One answer to this age-old question is that the time to sell is when someone else is willing to invest more in your business than you are. When you start a business, nobody is willing...
Acquihire is the process of acquiring a company for its talent rather than for its products, services, or earnings stream. Another way of thinking of an acquihire is that it is basically purchasing a team of smart people (often engineers) who have worked together successfully,...
A business valuation may be a major factor in the selling price of a business. Business appraisals – which may be prepared by a buyer or seller - are based upon a multitude of criteria and tangible records such as earnings (EBITDA), historical performance, projections,...
Join us on April 26 for our webinar on the Essentials of Buying a Tech Company. In this webinar and panel discussion we’ll cover the essentials of buying a technology product or service company, whether you’re already in the industry or not. Some technology companies...
According to final 2016 data from PitchBook, a leading financial information provider for dealmakers and advisors, M&A deal activity fell each quarter in 2016 and was down about 24% for the entire year compared to 2015. Our targeted industries of Information Technology and Healthcare continued...