Determining the right time to sell your business can be challenging. For owners of financially healthy companies, the decision often involves a degree of educated guesswork. You must weigh the known, your company’s past and present performance, against the unknown, its future potential, to decide which side of the equation carries more weight. Entrepreneur once […]
My Business Is Growing: Should I Sell Now? Read More »
Do you have questions about what Calder Capital is about or what exactly we do for our clients? Check out Max Friar’s interview with Tami Parks for The Small Business Life about the process buying and selling a small business. Smitten! is “a podcast for those of us smitten with the entrepreneurial spirit” about business, family, and
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We’ve discussed before what the state of the market is for buying and selling businesses. Earlier in the year it was record-breaking fantastic, and buyers and sellers both have confidence that this trend will continue, and specifically that sellers will continue to have opportunities into next year. But what has 2015 as a whole been
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Last month we discussed about Baby Boomers and how this demographic is influencing and will continue to affect business sales for the foreseeable future. We discussed when would be the best time for a Baby Boomer owner to consider selling a business in order to get the most return on his or her invested time
Baby Boomers Selling, Baby Boomers Buying Read More »
News about business sales often points to Baby Boomers, many of whom are reaching retirement age, as a driving force behind business exits we’re seeing today. If you’re one of the millions of Boomers approaching retirement, you’ve likely started thinking about your own transition and wondering when the ideal time to sell might be. Determining
Baby Boomers: Should We Sell Now or Sell Later? Read More »
The majority of owners who spend their time, energy, and vision building their own businesses hope someday to either pass them on as a legacy to their families or sell them to another energetic entrepreneur. Unfortunately, in many cases, these sales will not materialize. By some estimates, only 15% of business owners who are planning
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“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill by Max Friar When the owner of a business hears the word “auction,” they typically get queasy; “auctioning your business assets” is reminiscent of the dark days of 2009-2010 when the phone stopped ringing and many owners were forced to liquidate. Liquidation often
Limited Auction Process: How To Maximize the Price & Terms When Selling Your Business Read More »
Wondering how to sell your distribution business? Here is a Calder Capital case study of how our Managing Partner, Max Friar, consummated the sale of a distribution business in less than three months for more than expected. Time Line & Story: December – Max Friar is introduced to owner. At over 80s years old, the owner
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Wondering how to sell your manufacturing business? Here is a textbook Calder Capital case study describing how we closed on the sale of a recent manufacturing business-for-sale engagement in less than five months. Time Line & Story: April – Max Friar is introduced to the owner. At age 40, the owner of this profitable machine
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