Book description
Too many businesses sell for far less than they should! After pouring time, energy, and money into their company, owners deserve to squeeze every last dollar they can from that hard-earned investment. Sell Your Business for an Outrageous Price is the playbook they need to win big at the closing table. Readers will discover how to:
Prepare their companies and themselves for sale • Recognize the best time to go to market • Minimize their risk • Identify, attract, and motivate deep-pocketed buyers • Determine their company’s competitive advantage and leverage it for the best offer • Find a transaction advisor with the skills and experience to guide them through the M&A jungle • Ascertain whether the advisor has what it takes to get top dollar • Maintain confidentiality • Foil buyers’ attempts to undermine sale price • And much more
Featuring real-life case studies and an appendix of indispensable tools—including due diligence lists, sample nondisclosure agreements, a sales readiness assessment, and a sample engagement letter—this insightful guide reveals how anyone can get a positively outrageous price for their company.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1: The Proactive Sale Strategy
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Part 2: The Outrageous Price Process
- Chapter 6: The Four Pillars of Selling Your Business for an Outrageous Price
- Chapter 7: Pillar I: Leverage Your Company’s Competitive Advantage
- Chapter 8: Pillar II: The Outrageous Buyer
- Chapter 9: Pillar III: The Outrageous Seller
- Chapter 10: Pillar IV: The Outrageous Adviser
- Chapter 11: Executing the Sale
- Chapter 12: Wrap-Up
- Appendix A: Sale Readiness Assessment
- Appendix B: Legal and Financial Due Diligence List
- Appendix C: Management System Due Diligence List
- Appendix D: Checking an Investment Banker’s References
- Appendix E: What to Look for in an Engagement Letter
- Appendix F: Sample Nondisclosure Agreement
- Appendix G: Questions to Ask a Prospective Investment Banker
- References
- Index
- About The Author
- Free Sample Chapter from The Joy of Retirement
Product information
- Title: Sell Your Business for an Outrageous Price
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2014
- Publisher(s): AMACOM
- ISBN: 9780814434727
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