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The Process of Selling Your Business


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  1. Clayton Capital Partners Sells Ordinary Companies for Outrageous Prices in Today’s Turbulent Market

By: Kevin Short, Clayton Capital Partners

I recently wrote a book for business owners about a unique process that my company uses to sell mid-sized businesses ($10 million to $250 million in value) for outrageous prices. I define “outrageous” as a price twice that of the industry’s average multiple and “ordinary” as any company that is doing anything short of curing cancer or making something other than a diet pill that actually works. The goal of the “Outrageous Price Process” is to make buyers willing to pay outrageous prices for successful companies like yours.

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  1. The Sale Process - From Preparation to Closing

By: Divestopedia

The M&A sale process is the transitioning of a business in the hands of one owner, to another. The sales process for a mid-market business can take anywhere from as little as four months, to well over a year.

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  1. What You Need To Know About Mergers & Acquisitions: 12 Key Considerations When Selling Your Company

By: Richard Harroch, Forbes

Mergers and acquisitions involving privately held companies entail a number of key legal, business, human resources, intellectual property, and financial issues. To successfully navigate a sale of your company, it is helpful to understand the dynamics and issues that frequently arise.

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Clayton Capital Partners (CCP) is one of the nation's top independent investment banking firms for the middle market, as reported by Thomson Financial, Mergerstat and Investment Dealers' Digest.


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To contact Clayton Capital Partners, please call Kevin Short at (314)725-9939 x 525 or via email at  kshort@claytoncapitalpartners.com