Amazing Business Broker Blog

2006-10-02T09:13:00.000-07:00

Owners of Businesses:

These successful business owners will have achieved their goal of ownership. They will have impacted on customers, suppliers, employees, friends, the community and family in an effective style. they will have met challenges with diligence and grace. They will have met their dreams and provided a living through ownership.
They will sell their business at the right time when it is growing or plateauing. Their reasons will include retirement, cashing out, starting a different venture or interest. These owners will be moving towards a new life--not running from a failure. They will share stories of success and missed opportunities. They will want their legacy to persist.
They will choose their successor!!
Is your business viable like this?

Barbara A. Molvar AmazingBusinessBroker.com

2006-10-02T08:57:00.000-07:00

Buyers/Entrepreneurs:

Buyers of businesses are courageous, creative thinkers, accomplished, energetic and want the goal of ownership. Prospective buyers must be able to cope with the emotional and financial demands of ownership. They must be committed to analyzing, searching, negotiating and closing.
These are leaders who will gather a team of coaches such as bankers, accountants, suppliers, lawyers, insurance agents and brokers. They are planners who can create an infrastructure of tasks, people, technology and equipment.
Entrepreneurs are visionaries who can take a strategy, combine the particulars to execution. This formula for success will ensure a profitable and successful business.
If you are searching for a business--I'd like to talk to you!!!

Barbara A Molvar 315 963-4516

2006-09-29T11:44:00.000-07:00

Sell your Business:

Positioning your business for sale means having an enhanced competitive advantage and a proven track record of growth. The owner must coordinate people, technology, jobs and tasks to achieve organizational goals. Marketing must include effective and persistent contact. Pricing must be competitive with enough margin to ensure growth, debt service and profit.
The owner's job is planning, decision making, organizing, leading and controlling resources. The owner must be an effective seller of the business with a focus on the needs and wants of the buyer. The owner must display passion, knowledge, experience and be proud of their business. Owners must anticipate pressures for change in resources, competition, performance, customer and supplier feedback, economic, legal and governmental forces, technological advances and marketing ideas and threats.
Sellers must notice these forces for change, diagnose the problem, determine the opportunity, select the action of a business sale and implement the business sale process. The owner will be ready to evaluate buyers and offers. Financials will be prepared and readily available. The owner will close the deal.
If you are ready to sell contact me!!!

Barbara Molvar AmazingBusinessBroker.com

2006-09-29T10:35:00.000-07:00

Buying a Business:

Choose a business that fits who you are and what you want to accomplish. Be able to describe the business. Create an overview of its products/services, the market in which it functions, its competitive advantage and the financials needed to meet profit objectives.
Convert a dream to reality by searching for a solid and affordable business. Identify its strengths and weaknesses. Create a comprehensive business plan to determine its feasibility for success.
Are you an effective communicator? That means that you are curious, trainable and listen to feedback from owners, customers, suppliers and employees. Are you coachable by your team of consultants? Are your supporters aligned with your decision to buy a business?
Sufficient capital is needed to purchase, transform, operate and grow a business. Do you have enough money to accomplish this as well as pay down debt?
Can you evaluate and make an offer? Can you understand and carry out due diligence to determine if it is a good business match? Can you innovate the facets of the business to enhance profit? Are you able to implement and execute your ideas? Can you persuade a seller that you are the one? Can you take your vision to transition and to ownership? Can you buy a good business and make it a great one?
If you answered yes to all of these questions then E-mail me and I can help you find a business that suits you!!!

Barbara Molvar AmazingBusinessBroker.com

2006-09-29T09:05:00.000-07:00

Guide to Valuation of a Business:
So you want to create an effective exit strategy for your business!!! Will you keep your business in your family with a comprehensive succession plan? Will you sell your business for maximum value?
You can choose to sell your business when you want to, when you have to because of a disability or as a liquidation event by you or your heirs. Planning puts you in the driver's seat choosing in what way the sale will be made.

Commit to Sell:
Prepare your business in the best possible conditions. Focus on maximizing your cash flow by decreasing expenses and increasing sales. Maximize profitability.
Tailor your business to meet the needs of the most likely type of Buyer. Financial buyers are interested in income producing capacity. Strategic buyers want access to your technology, expertise, location, clients, suppliers, products/services and processes, procedures and systems. Succession planning with family, employees, customers or suppliers is another group. Competitors within your industry are also possible. Asking price is what the seller wants!!!Selling price is what the seller gets!!!