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Seller Articles

Service Businesses Perform Highest When It Comes to Sales

Recently, Business Brokerage Press performed a survey of brokers across the country to see what sells at the highest rate, and what they discovered was very interesting. Retail business sold...

Ryan Cave
March 14, 2017

Selling a Business

Strong Selling Points: Let Your Strengths Work for You

“Independent business owner” is a phrase with two meanings. Of course, it means being the owner of an independent business. But another way to look at “independent business owner” is...

Ryan Cave
June 27, 2012

Seller Articles

Strong Selling Points: Let Your Strengths Work for You

“Independent business owner” is a phrase with two meanings. Of course, it means being the owner of an independent business. But another way to look at “independent business owner” is...

Ryan Cave
February 15, 2017

General Business Brokerage

Small Company Growth Trends

The median sales of a company going public has gone from an average $15 million in 1999 and 2000 to $164 million in 2004. Smaller companies have decided not to...

Ryan Cave
June 27, 2012

Selling a Business

Small Companies That Can’t Afford to Sell

In many cases, the sale of a small company is “event” driven. That is, the reason for sale is health, divorce, partnership issues, even decline in business. A challenging reason...

Ryan Cave
June 27, 2012

General Business Brokerage

Small Companies Are Innovators

Small companies are the innovators. The need for large companies to acquire small companies is necessary in order for the former to capture new products and services. According to Fortune...

Ryan Cave
June 27, 2012

General Business Brokerage

Size Breakdown of Businesses

Here is a common and much-used breakdown by the federal government: Small Business Administration (SBA): Very Small Business = 19 or fewer employees Small Business = 20 to 99 employees...

Ryan Cave
June 27, 2012

valuation

Simplifying the Valuation

“There are many reasons for valuing an entity, and those circumstances can lead to different outcomes…For instance, a business’s value for sale on a going-concern basis will differ from its...

Ryan Cave
June 27, 2012

Seller Articles

Similar Companies Can Have Huge Value Differences

Can two companies in the same industry have very different valuations? In short, the answer is a resounding, yes. Let’s take an example of two companies that both have an...

Ryan Cave
February 27, 2018

Seller Articles, Selling a Business

Should You Sell Your Family Business?

When the complicating variable of family is added to the equation of selling a business, the situation can get rather messy. Family usually complicates everything and businesses are, of course,...

Ryan Cave
February 8, 2020

Buyer Articles

Should You Become a Business Owner?

While being a business owner may in the end not be for everyone, there is no denying the great rewards that come to business owners. So should you buy a...

Ryan Cave
December 19, 2016

Seller Articles

Should You Be Selling Your Company…Now?

The answer to the question asked in the title is, “It all depends!” There are all sorts of studies, surveys and the like suggesting that as more and more “baby-boomers”...

Ryan Cave
August 18, 2015