If you are a business owner considering selling your business, most likely you will interview several business brokers or merger and acquisition advisors. In the process you might hear, “We have lists of qualified buyers.” Some potential business sellers find this phrase almost hypnotic. It congers visions of this group of well funded, anxious buyers [...]
We were just concluding our first information gathering meeting with a new client who had engaged us to sell her business when she handed us a letter. That letter was from another Merger and Acquisition Advisory or Business Broker firm.
The letter began: “Our buyer group has requested that our firm assist them in locating [...]
This post is going to be more personal than most…I hope you never feel this pain.
A few weeks ago I woke up not feeling well. I could not ignore an annoying pain in the left side of my back. I prepared for and began my day hoping it would quickly pass (no pun intended…you’ll get [...]
Being an entrepreneur requires the need to constantly make decisions. Being a successful entrepreneur requires constantly getting most of those decisions right. No entrepreneur gets every decision right. Just ask Tiger Woods. Besides, if that was to happen it would be boring. However, being an entrepreneur does require bringing your A game to business as [...]
Made-from-india is a b2b portal in India. Online B2B marketplaces have been redefining the Business to Business industry in India. Made-from-India.com is one such B2B marketplace, which has been relentlessly working its way up the ladder as the best product directory of India, with larger than normal number of Suppliers, Buyers, Exporters and Manufacturers. Suppliers [...]
“Do you sell the sizzle or the steak?”
by Natalie Bradley
While in many industries, it’s more important to focus on the sizzle than the steak, in the wedding business, I’ve actually found it to work best to have combine the sizzle and the steak in your marketing and sales! Brides do want to have the experience [...]
Do you really want to make some extra money? Do you have some “guts” or courage? Well, then get up and take the proverbial “bull by the horns” and do something about it!
I would like to point out three important facts:
Almost everyone loves to buy things for themselves and sometimes for others close to them!
Almost everyone loves to get [...]
If you want to learn how to build credit for your small business…here is a good place to start.
Step 1: Establish a physical address (not a P.O. box or a mailbox store) with a landline telephone. Both should be registered to the business name.
Step 2: Make sure that you are registered with your local secretary [...]
The best definition of a small business is one that is small in terms of number of employees, overheads and typically sales volume and annual profit. These types of businesses will include small boutiques and shops, usually run and managed by one or two persons; or a single professional like your barber, grocer or vet. [...]
I’ve come to the conclusion the only way for a felon to make REAL money, $50K to $100k+ per year, is to start their own business. “Well, that’s great!”, people say, “but starting your own business costs a lot of money”.
Not true.
Not every business requires a lot of start up capital. I decided that the [...]