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What to Think About Before
Selling Your Business

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  1. Expert Advice to Help You Prepare to Sell Your Business

By: Entrepreneur Staff, Entrepreneur

As glamorous as selling your business may sound, entrepreneurs who’ve been there will tell you that it’s an incredibly stressful, time-consuming process fraught with dozens of moving parts and truckloads of paperwork. If you don’t hire the right financial, legal, tax, and business advisors to help shepherd the sale through, you’re doing yourself a great disservice.

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  1. The Four Pillars of Selling Your Company For An Outrageous Price

By: Kevin Short, Clayton Capital Partners

Let's turn now to the much more intriguing question and the subject of the book: Is your ordinary company one that could sell at a price more than two times what the average financial buyer would pay? Or, in other words, can your company sell for an Outrageous Price?

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  1. What You Need to Know Before Selling Your Business

By: John Burley, Inc.

Selling a business can be challenging. Here's what's involved and how to maximize your efforts.

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  1. Business Value And Lottery Tickets

By: John Brown, Forbes

Have you asked yourself, “How much cash must I have when I leave my business to live the post-exit life I desire?” and “What is my business’ likely sale price, after taxes, debt repayment and transaction fees?”

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