BizBuySell's Guide to Selling Your Business is a comprehensive roadmap for business owners to plan their exit and sell when ready. With actionable advice and step-by-step instructions, it covers the entire planning and selling process, from methods of business valuation and strategies to enhance value, to building a team of experts, and ultimately a successful sale.
What you will learn:
SDE Calculation Worksheet
Automatically calculates entries from business financials to reflect Seller's Discretionary Earnings or SDE, a key figure of interest to business buyers.
Earning Multiple Assessment Worksheet
Arrives at a preliminary multiple after an assessment of your business for major risk factors.
Mutual Confidentiality Agreement Template
An example of the terms and conditions when requiring confidentiality from a prospective buyer. Also called a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
Letter of Intent Checklist
An outline of the key elements of the buyer's proposal, as well as the ramifications and adjustments to consider in your response.
Due Diligence Documentation Checklist
A list of the necessary documents and information typically required during the due diligence process of a business for sale transaction.
Purchase and Sale Agreement Checklist
A list of the items included in the purchase and sale agreement, including many details to be reviewed by your attorney.
“With over 25 years of experience and a family legacy dating back to 1929 in the business brokerage industry, and as a service provider to the industry, I have firsthand knowledge of the complexities involved in selling a business. This is not an endeavor to be... See more
Ron West, PresidentBusiness Brokerage Press
“This book is a straightforward, practical guide for business owners seeking to sell their business for the best value and the least stress. It has handy step-by-step information and tools that will help them through the whole process.”
Charles "Tee" Rowe, President & CEO America's SBDC
“Exiting a business doesn’t have to be hard. This practical guide explains business valuations, due diligence, contract structure, employee communications, post-sale transition, and so much more, all in plain language with access to checklists... See more
Anita Campbell, CEOSmall Business Trends
“Most people only sell a business once in their lifetime, some lucky maybe 2-3. It is not something as entrepreneurs we are trained to do, or have great expertise and confidence in. I believe that education is key when taking the first step in selling your business... See more
Jessica Fialkovich, Partner & ChairTransworld Business Advisors Colorado
“As a business broker and advisor, when business owners come to me for help, more than likely it will be their first time selling a business. I painstakingly invest and spend the time to educate a potential business seller on what will happen when their... See more
Emmet Apolinario, CEPA, CVBSunbelt International Mergers & Acquisitions
"I am grateful to BizBuySell for providing this kind of information on their site -
- a small business owner like myself really needed this objective, unbiased, unemotional 'primer'."
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