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From Christine Nicholson, an award-winning professional business mentor, author and speaker.
Understanding More About Finance for Better Business Success
One of the secrets to better business success is understanding your numbers and having a good understanding of finance in general. There is a whole vocabulary in the accounting world that may seem a little strange to you especially what finance words are used and their meaning. If you want better business success, more easily, […]
How to Make Your Business More Valuable – Read a Balance Sheet
Running a small business can be both a fulfilling and challenging experience. If you want to make your business more valuable you need key skills. One of the most critical aspects of a small business’s financial management is maintaining a healthy balance sheet. However, as a small business owner, you may find the finance jargon […]
Make Your Business Worth More With a Business Mentor
Have you ever found yourself struggling to stay motivated or feeling isolated and unsupported as an entrepreneur? Perhaps the solution lies in finding a good business mentor. In this article, we’ll explore the benefits of having a mentor and how they can help you accelerate your journey to success. Access to Impartial Advice and Support […]
Successfully Sell Your Business More Easily and Quickly
When a buyer starts looking at purchasing your business, they assess every aspect of your company to make sure it is optimized. Your business is about more than just the numbers. Profit is important, but what are the other factors a buyer looks for in a business? Here’s some pitfalls to avoid if you want to […]
How to Successfully Sell Your Business For More
Do you want to successfully sell your business one day? 80% of all businesses fail to sell. And the main reason is that most business owners do not have the knowledge or experience of the sale process. A lack of appropriate information means they are poorly prepared (i.e., not at all) and fall at one […]
How to Sell Your Business Faster and For More
Most business owners do not know how to sell their business. Here are the headlines and what you should know in advance to make it easier and faster to successfully sell your business. What to prepare for to Sell Your Business Due Diligence The due diligence stage is the most difficult and stressful part of […]
How to Successfully Sell Your Business More Easily
Preparing to successfully sell your business involves a few moving parts. One of the key steps is preparing your information memorandum. Essentials of Exit Planning – Your Information Memorandum What is an Information Memorandum? An information memorandum (IM) is your company’s selling collateral, it’s the headline factors that attract the perfect buyer for your business. […]
How to be Top 1% and Successfully Sell Your Business
As Entrepreneurs, the dream of building something bigger than a job drives us to take more risks and create a business that has long-lasting value. But so few know how to successfully sell your business. Any sacrifices are justified by the potential rewards if the business is eventually sold. But there is another horrifying statistic […]
Selling A Business – How to Get the Best Business Sale
Most business owners only sell one business – their own. They have no depth of knowledge about selling a business for the best value and terms. Here’s some insight into the process so you can sell your business for more. What Happens When a Business is Sold The Components for Selling A Business From the […]
Better Exit Conversations for Accountants
When you start any conversation with clients about their exit plans, the first question that comes to mind is why is a better exit conversation valuable for your practice and your clients? Is it still relevant if they aren’t thinking about an exit? And what happens next if they are interested in exiting now? ACCOUNTANTS […]
Getting the Best Value When Selling Your Business
Selling your business is fraught with dangers. When you get to the final contract, those dangers are not yet over! The Final Negotiations When Selling Your Business Once everyone has signed off the DD, it’s down to the final hurdle. The actual contract for the sale of the business – the Share and Purchase Agreement. […]
How to Sell Your Business More Easily
Selling your business has a lot of moving parts. You can make it easier to sell your business with the right lawyer and legal support. Here’s how: Getting the right lawyer Selling your business is one of the most stressful and complex legal issues you are likely to experience in your lifetime, so it pays […]
How to Sell a Business For More Money
Successful entrepreneurs consistently state that planning, setting goals and sharing them is a critical element of team building and getting their fledgling businesses scaled up and more profitable. It’s also essential when it comes to sell a business. How to Sell A Business – Start with Strategic Planning If strategic planning is one of the critical […]
How to Successfully Sell Your Business for More
Most business owners sell one business, their own. Here’s how to successfully sell your business more easily and for more money. When it comes to selling a business, a quote from Walt Disney comes to mind “The way to get started is to quit talking and get doing.” Sell Your Business – Finding the Advisors […]
How to Sell Your Business for More Money
Even when the world seems to be heading for economic meltdown with financial crashes, global pandemics and stock market bubbles bursting, businesses still get sold and buyers still buy. So get ready to sell your business Where a business shows it can give a return to its investors, there will always be buying and selling […]
How to Make Your Business More Resilient
When it comes to how to make your business more resilient the business owner has 3 roles. They own it, they direct or control it and they work in it. The 3 roles are bundled together both in activities and mentally. They are so welded together they become one identity for the business owner. The longer […]
Exit Planning Essentials for the Best Business Value
100% of business owners leave their business, so why do so few plan for it? Exit planning adds value to your business even when you aren’t immediately thinking of leaving your business. Most business owners have sizable portion (if not all) of their retirement funding tied up in their business and yet have no clear […]
How to Improve the Value of your Business Today
One of the biggest challenges in a business owners life is taking the action to improve the value of their business. How do you do it? The Value of Your Business Why is Letting Go a Challenge? You built your business from scratch or at least you were there in the early days of its […]
How to Get Your Business Valued for a Better Exit
Get your business valued Business valuation, from a business owners perspective, is an emotional subject. You want a better exit and it’s easy to ‘Google’ the how to value your business. Often you can get a rough idea of your value using a basic industry standard formula. Most of these relate to open market sales for […]
Get Exit Ready for a Better Business Value
If you are a business owner looking for a better business value, it’s time to get exit ready even if you aren’t thinking of leaving your business right now. Exit Ready businesses are worth more and easier to run. They make more profits! An exit strategy is vital for any business, yet so many entrepreneurs […]