By Anthony Cullins No one wants to be blindsided by real estate issues during a business transfer. Many business owners use leased real estate to house their company. There are benefits to having someone else deal with the maintenance, general upkeep, and curb appeal. Make sure to do your due diligence if you ever what to sell your company, because leased real estate adds homework to a business transfer. Before ever putting your business on the market, you need to

By Dirk Armbrust Challenge: A business owner was considering selling and retiring while still wanting to secure a future for his son who worked in the business A manufacturing business owner was introduced to The Vant Group by his attorney.  The owner was approached by a private equity (PE) firm wanting to buy the business that he and his wife owned and whose son worked as a key operations manager.  The timing was good for the owner and his wife,

Does any single customer represent more than 10% of your revenues?  From an evaluation standpoint, some prospective business buyers would consider a single customer accounting for 10-15% of a company’s sales as a major negative.  Almost all prospective buyers would consider client concentration of 30% or more in just two to three customers as a big problem that would have a significant impact on salability and/or the terms and structure of a sale. Prior to selling your business, any efforts

Printing Money May Not be One of the Options for Financing a Business Transfer, but There are Options Out There. For small to medium-sized businesses, there are several types of funding sources for financing a business transfer. Each type is governed by the same basic factors, such as; transaction size, asset base, type of company and cash flow. When beginning this step of the business transfer, it is good to know that delays in the financial process can be avoided

Who is Your Buyer? Before starting the selling process, determining where your potential buyer will come from will put you ahead of the game. Know who your buyer really is. Each business transaction is different, but there are common factors to any deal. There are certain main aspects of a buyer, each with their own list of pros and cons to consider, which typically are: Do they have industry (whichever type your business falls under) knowledge/experience? Are they a first-time

Business Insights: Understanding Different Types of Buyers, the Buyer to Business Match-up There are numerous possibilities for the types of buyers to whom a business would be sold. Options are often limited by the nature of the business (ie: the industry, the company’s size, profitability, the number of employees, whether family members are involved in the business, or whether there are co-owners). Unless you have a partner or family member to whom you intend to transition the business to, most