Want to sell your business? Following are three reasons to consider when thinking about sell your business. 1. Business value Collegue John Hammett is an investment banker at Corporate Finance Associates and a former company owner himself. At one point in his career, Hammett was working for an entrepreneur in his mid-50s who sold one of two divisions in his company. While working on the transaction...
December 2022
The principal value of a business brokers is to act as a buffer between the buyer and the seller. A broker can say certain things to a buyer and certain things to a seller and wind up with a productive discussion. The broker can tell the owner the price is too high, relay what has to be done to make a deal--very openly and candidly--and discuss how the differences in viewpoint can be ironed out...
A franchise (or franchising) is a method of distributing products or services involving a franchisor, who establishes the brand’s trademark or trade name and a business system, and a franchisee, who pays a royalty and often an initial fee for the right to do business under the franchisor's name and system. Technically, the contract binding the two parties is the “franchise,” but that term more...