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Confidentiality
Making the Most Out of Your Confidentiality AgreementsHow to tailor confidentiality agreements to the buyer reading your information: competitors, private equity groups and individuals.
Buying a business
Discovering How to Leverage SBA Lending OptionsHow SBA-backed loans work for buying an existing business, who qualifies, what file to prepare and how to choose the lender.
Selling a business
Employees and the Long-Term Success of Your BusinessWhy your team is one of the biggest drivers of long-term value, what buyers check about employees, and how to strengthen it before a sale.
Selling a business
How Can You Find the Ideal Buyer for Your Business?How to define the ideal buyer for your goals, match those goals to buyer types, test fit in meetings and negotiate it into the deal.
Buying a business
Key Steps for All First Time BuyersThe order a first-time buyer should follow, from defining the target and financing to NDA, offer, due diligence and closing.
Offers & due diligence
What Are the Financial Considerations of Seller Financing?The numbers to work out before you agree to carry a seller note: rate, term, security, debts, taxes, costs and the lowest net you will accept.
Exit planning
Prepare for Your Exit When You Launch Your BusinessHow to build a company from its early years so it is easy to run, easy to finance and, whenever you choose, easy to sell.
Dallas–Fort Worth
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Selling a business
The Different Buyers You Might EncounterThe main types of buyers for a private company, from family and competitors to individuals and private equity, and what each means for you.
Selling a business
Why Do Sellers Often Face an Array of Surprises?The surprises that catch first-time sellers off guard, from time demands to paperwork to shared decisions, and how to prepare for each.
Selling a business
The Main Reasons Why the Sale of Your Business Can Fall ThroughThe common reasons signed deals collapse before closing, and the steps that prevent most of them.
Selling a business
Help Buyers to Understand How You ExcelHow to identify your company's real strengths, prove each with evidence, handle weaknesses openly and present it all to buyers.