Selling Your Business
Exiting your business can be a minefield to navigate without the help of an experienced M&A advisor.
Working alongside our firm not only gives you professional knowledge to accelerate your sale but provides comprehensive insight that only comes with a wealth of experience.
Our professionals will help guide you through each stage and structure a deal that meets your future needs.
You are thinking about selling your business, or finding a business partner / investor for your business. That’s great.
Now what?
Selling your business (or finding a cash investor, or business partner) is not only a complex process, but it can be an emotional one also. Letting go (totally or partially) of something you identify with so closely can be hard, and you want to make sure that when it’s all said and done you are not only happy with the revenue you make in this process but also with all the terms, and with where your company is going with the new owner. To make the process easy for you and help you avoid costly mistakes when selling your business, we use a 5-step system that takes all the guessing out for you and maximizes every single aspect of selling your business, to give you the best price and the best terms.
Business Audit:
- We start with the big picture — understanding your unique goals and the key elements of your business. We determine your desired timing for a sale, the strengths of your business and your vision for a successful transfer, and get together all the documents and information needed for a successful sale.
Business Valuation:
- We help set an appropriate asking price based on six critical, market-based factors. Proper pricing and payment terms maximize value for you and the buyer, and sell your business faster.
Finding a Buyer:
- We attract qualified buyers through a combination of our time-tested marketing strategies, and screen the candidates to find the perfect match for purchasing your business on your terms. We introduce financially and professionally qualified buyers capable of purchasing your business, and structure the interviews in a way that allows you to focus on running your business without too much distraction.
Negotiation:
- The Structured Negotiation Style creates maximum price with minimal effort from you. Offers flow through us, creating a well-paced and deliberate negotiation amongst multiple qualified buyers. Our select network of specialized banking professionals offers buyers attractive loan options to maximize leverage and cash received at closing.
Due diligence and transition:
- Once there’s an agreement, we lead and coordinate the due diligence and the transaction, assuring a smooth transfer of clients and staff, as well as clarity for both buyer and seller about their roles and responsibilities after closing. This effectively positions the buyer to excel at leading the business, and frees the seller to focus on retirement or other opportunities.
The process starts with a 30-minutes consultation, where we answer any questions you have, and direct you to the next steps. Feel free to contact us directly here:
Our Services
The businesses we sell...
Most of the businesses that we represents as BROKERS have annual revenues between $250,000 and $20 Million and a verifiable owner’s annual net income (including profit, owner’s salary, and benefits) of between $100,000 and $10 Million. We do make exceptions from time to time and take in businesses with lower revenue, as long as they do fit our preset criteria. We have sold many businesses for many years, and have developed relationships with potential buyers and investors from Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia and throughout the United States, as well as overseas. We are committed to bringing a great level of excellence to the process of both selling your business, and preparing an exit strategy for your business that can help you get out of it on your terms and with the most amount of money in your pocket.
We help our clients:
- valuate their business
- prepare their business for sale
- sell their business
- build an improved scalable foundation for your business.
Our Brokers and Coaches provide a focused marketing effort for each and single one of the business opportunities we help sell or transform. We screen and identify who the best potential buyers are, and sell businesses confidentially with a process tested on hundreds of businesses over more than a decade. We market locally, regionally, nationally and internationally using the Internet, email campaigns, social media, targeted mailings, phone calls, and our network of contacts.
We have experience selling businesses in the following industries: Software, Healthcare, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology, Distributors, Education, Advertising/Marketing, Construction, Consulting, Retail, Security, Importers, Services and much more.
Most of the businesses we sell are based in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Some of our potential buyers are international businesses that want to enter the US market as well as companies throughout the US that want a Southern US area presence. Most of the businesses we sell have annual revenues between $250,000 and $20 Million.
We offer you the following:
- Nationwide Exposure for those looking to buy a business or sell a business
- Honesty and Integrity
- Network of local and national contacts
- Confidential business sales
- Experienced negotiators
- Professional business brokers and M&A advisors
Maintaining Confidentiality : When you are selling a business, we maintain your confidentiality by listing a business for sale in terms that are generic. We do not use the name or the specific location of your business for sale. We discuss the specific needs of buyers and their financial price range. We will only proceed with those buyers that are the most qualified to buy your business. Before providing interested buyers with specific information about your business opportunity they will sign a confidentiality agreement.
The Value of a Business: We use software that analyzes financial information along with a database of recently sold businesses that are similar to your business to help determine what would be a proper selling price. There are many factors about a business that potential buyers will consider important. Cash Flow is one of the important things that many buyers are looking for. Cash Flow is different from profit. Cash Flow includes the owners salary and benefits, depreciation, and other non-cash items. We help with the education and positioning of the business for sale so that the buyer and seller are both educated about the current and future potential of a business opportunity. Feel free to contact us, and we will gladly help.
