When is the Right Time to Exit?
By A question I get asked often in speaking with company owners is “When is the right time to sell my business?” There is a great deal of emotion that goes into selling a business. In terms of stress, it can…
Full ArticleBaby Boomers are Driving the “Perfect Storm”
By If you are considering selling your business within the next 8 years, please take a few minutes to review this article – “There’s a Perfect Storm Approaching for Exiting Business Owners”, it may be one of the best investments of…
Full ArticleBeing Buyer Ready – A Priority for Business Owners
All business owners should have a strategic focus to grow the value of their business. While bottom-line performance is a key metric, there are many objective and subject components of building value. Believe it or not, it is often the…
Full ArticleDetermining Business Value: Cash Is King, But……..
Many people believe that a multiple of earnings, or cash flow, is a static formula that applies to all businesses equally. This couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, net income is only one of many factors that influence…
Full ArticlePlanning Your Exit On Your Terms – A Comprehensive Valuation Begins the Process
Many of our clients have prepared themselves and their businesses to be successfully marketed for sale. The results proved the preparation to be worth the time and effort. Unfortunately, we too often see business owners after they’ve already made up…
Full ArticleA Gambler’s Advice for Business
You gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em……. Members of a certain generation can already complete the word of a song detailing a late-night meeting on a train “bound for nowhere” between the narrator and a…
Full ArticleGoing Beyond Whack-A-Mole: Succession Planning for Success
By Many of us went to fairs, arcades, and midways where games of “skill” & chance could be played for prizes. Some have suspect physics (the baseball in the peach basket game comes to mind), some require a bit of skill…
Full ArticleSee What Our Clients Are Saying About Us
We at Sunbelt Business Advisors hope you experienced a prosperous 2018 and have high hopes for 2019. We started 2018 with a bang and we ended that way as well. Gerry Chadwick and Roland Rapp started the year with…
Full ArticleFinish Big – How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top
Information from this article has been mined from the book “Finish Big” by Bo Burlingham, by permission of the author. “Every entrepreneur exits. It’s one of the few absolute certainties in business. Assuming you’ve built a viable company, you can…
Full ArticleTransferability is the Key to a Successful Purchase
There are many questions to be answered by a prospective buyer when considering the purchase of a business, a few of the most important being: Is it a good fit for their interests and skills? Does it generate enough cash…
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