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By JoAnn Lombardi, VR Business Sales/Mergers & Acquisitions, President Family businesses may resemble their non-family counterparts in most ways, but there’s one crucial difference. Whenever close relatives work together, deep emotions invariably become involved – emotions that can further complicate…
Article provided courtesy of Meghan Daniels of Axial.net The investment banking engagement letter is the official representation of your company’s relationship with your M&A advisor or investment bank, and as such should be carefully considered. The process of negotiating the…
by Peter C. King, VR Business Sales/Mergers & Acquisitions, CEO President At least once a month, you should be doing an analysis of your business, and making sure that your books and records are in working order. It’s not only…
By JoAnn Lombardi, VR Business Sales/Mergers & Acquisitions, President Selling your business can be an organized process where each step maximizes profit and your advance preparation expedites the sale, or it can be a dismal failure full of gut-wrenching interactions…
By Adam Putz, Axial An earnout represents just one of many contractual provisions structuring the sale of a business. That sounds pedestrian enough at first but, because this provision states that the seller can secure additional compensation in the future…
There is never enough money to invest in developing products when you’re running a self-funded business. When you’re running your company out of cash flow, most of your resources go into selling your existing products and services, leaving little left…
By JoAnn Lombardi, President VR Business Brokers/Mergers & Acquisitions From a lack of preparation to proceeding without the help of a skilled intermediary, these are some of the most common mistakes made by sellers. Selling a business for a satisfactory…
Plenty of myths surround private equity investors. For example, some business owners fear that, if they partner with a private equity group, it might make off with the value of their company by buying low and cutting them out of…
By Kristina Mayne | axial.net The investment banking engagement letter is the official representation of your company’s relationship with your M&A advisor or investment bank, and as such should be carefully considered. The process of negotiating the letter can also…