Selling Your Business
Rich vs. Famous
Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. Have you set a goal for your company this year? If you’re like most business owners, you’re striving for an increase in your annual sales. It’s natural to want your company to be bigger because that’s what everyone around us seems to celebrate. Magazines profile the fastest…
Why Bother Doing It The Hard Way?
Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. Whether you want to sell your business next year or a decade from now, you will have two basic options for an external sale: the financial or the strategic buyer. The Financial Buyer The financial buyer is buying the rights to your future profit stream, so the…
You-proofing Your Business
Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. Making your business less dependent on you has a number of benefits: you can scale your company more quickly if you’re not acting as a bottleneck; you get more time to enjoy life outside of your business; and a business less dependent on its owner is much…
Six Power Ratios to Start Tracking Now
Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. Doctors in the developing world measure their progress not by the aggregate number of children who die in childbirth, but by the infant mortality rate – a ratio of the number of births to deaths. Similarly, baseball’s leadoff batters measure their “on-base percentage” – the number of…
How Your Age Shapes Your Exit Plan
Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. Your age has a big impact on your attitude toward your business, and your feelings about one day getting out of it. For example, one person who runs a boutique mergers and acquisitions business refuses to take assignments from business owners over the age of 70. He…
The Downside of Just Milking It
Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. If you have considered selling your business of late, you may have been disappointed to see the offers a business like yours would garner from would-be acquirers. According to the latest analysis of some 20,000 business owners who have used The Value Builder System, the average offer…
90 Days That Will Define Your Business Forever
Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. You’ve done the hard work of winning a new customer, but it’s what you do in the next 90 days that determines if it’ll stick around. The first 90 days of any new relationship are critical: A president has about three months to inspire the electorate and…
How to Get Rich in 3 (Really Difficult) Steps
Republished with permission from Built to Sell Inc. Becoming wealthy may not be your primary goal, but if it is, there is a reasonably predictable way to get rich in America. Step 1: Ignore Your Parents Parents around the world typically encourage their kids to get educated so they can get a ‘good job.’ This…