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29 Oct WSJ Article Says Business-for-sale Market Warming Up

Posted at 15:01h in Seller Articles, State of Industry by Business Brokerage Press 0 Comments

The Wall Street Journal recently published an online article by Sarah E. Needleman that described the various signs that the "small-business-for-sale market is warming up...

24 Oct Recent Research on Franchise Sales

Posted at 11:50h in Franchises, State of Industry by Tom West 0 Comments

We have advocated (and still do) that the sale of franchises, both new and old, should be an important part of the sales within a...

22 Oct Business Sales Increase!

Posted at 13:04h in State of Industry by Tom West 0 Comments

According to statistics based on 2012 BizBuySell data, business brokers reported 5,689 closed deals, a small increase from 2011. What we found interesting was that the...

17 Oct Acquisition Balance Sheet – Where Deal Structuring Takes Place (Part 2 of 2)

Posted at 10:07h in General Business Brokerage by Darrell Arne 0 Comments

Continued from Part 1 Structuring Fixed Assets Again, fixed assets should be operating; those tangible assets (excluding inventory) that are necessary in the production of operating cash...

16 Oct Acquisition Balance Sheet – Where Deal Structuring Takes Place (Part 1 of 2)

Posted at 19:07h in General Business Brokerage by Darrell Arne 0 Comments

How a business transaction is priced, differs from how it is structured. Business transactions are priced from the income statement. Business transactions are structured from the balance...