Business owners will be selling into a very competitive marketplace, which means it's likely that only the most attractive and well-prepared businesses will sell for what they're worth. You'll want your business to be one of them. Here are our top 10 tips to sell your business AND protect its value, increase your personal wealth and reduce the taxes you will need to pay on the proceeds.
Few realtors are business brokers, but a large number of business brokers are realtors. It's an important distinction—especially if you want to successfully sell your business.
On Valentines' Day, I posted my Top 7 reasons to love Canada's small businesses, a short by-the-numbers post along the lines of what the Small Business Administration had just published in the United States. Clearly, small business owners are critical to our economic success.
Let's show our small businesses some love. They deserve it. As I've said here before, Canada’s small business owners take the risks and provide the imagination, the capital and the energy that drives the economy, jobs and wealth in Canada.
A small business partnership is like a marriage - you need to choose your partners wisely. That is some smart advice. Especially in business, many do not.
We have just published our first book - Insider Tips on Selling a Business in Canada, and what a great feeling! I believe that we cannot be successful until we have made the people around us successful. Likewise, if we can help enough other people to achieve their goals we will achieve ours.
With all that we try to fit into every day, setting aside the time for the truly important and meaningful activities can be/is difficult. Planning and good intentions go by the wayside. Yet not preparing for the sale of our business could cost us the very lifestyle we have worked so hard to build. Isn't it time you start thinking about the life you want when you leave your business?
Have you bought a business? The following people have. While interviewing them for Sunbelt’s monthly newsletter, we asked them to share what they have learned about buying a business. These are some of their tips on buying a business.
Canada’s small business owners take the risks and provide the imagination, the capital, and the energy that drives the economy, jobs and wealth in Canada. But they don’t get the respect they deserve, especially when it comes to funding for acquisition and growth.