January 2017
Beginner
320 pages
5h 22m
English
The remaining deeper filter is the owner’s commitment to sell. You might reasonably wonder why we include this as a filter: Isn’t the fact that the owner has retained a broker or, in the case of a directly sourced prospect, engaged in several conversations with you and sent you confidential information a sufficient indication that the owner is a committed seller?
Our experience is that because most owners of the kinds of small businesses we have described are first-time sellers, they aren’t yet aware of the consequences of selling their companies. As they learn more during the sales process, they often are disappointed with how hard it is, how long they will have to stay involved in their ...