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Once the decision to sell has been made, the business owner should be aware of the variety of possible business buyers. Just as small business itself has become more sophisticated, the people interested in buying them have also become more divergent and complex. The following are...

From: Selling Your Business by Russ Robb, published by Adams Media Corporation Whether you plan to sell out in one year, five years, or never, you need an exit strategy. As the term suggests, an exit strategy is a plan for leaving your business, and every business should have...

Many experts say no! These experts believe that only part of the business valuation should be based on the financials (the number-crunching), with the other part of the business valuation based on non-financial information (the subjective factors). What subjective factors are...

Some experts recommend that a business owner lay the groundwork for selling their business at about the same time as they start their business. Great advice, but it rarely happens. Many sales of businesses are event-driven; i.e., an event or circumstance such as partnership...