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Reducing Seller Risk
& Increasing Sale Proceeds

Valuable M&A Content

Valuable M&A Content
An enormous amount of content is published on M&A.
This column will help you keep up with the best M&A articles on the web. Enjoy!


  1. The Top 10 EBITDA Adjustments to Make Before Selling a Business

By: Erick Hamdan, Divestopedia

Numbers are black and white, right? Not really. When you hire an investment banker to sell your business, they "normalize" the company's numbers to present the best version of your financial performance.

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  1. Reducing Seller Risk and Increasing Sale Proceeds, Chapter 1, Sell Your Business For An Outrageous Price

By: Kevin Short, Clayton Capital Partners

By and large, business owners are a schizophrenic group. When starting their companies, they put everything they own on the line. When it comes to selling their companies, however, owners have little stomach for risk.

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  1. Master Ten Value Drivers to Sell Your Business at the Highest Price

By: Rose Stabler, Divestopedia

A valuation is not about determining what a company is worth in the current owner's hands, it is about the company's transferable value.

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  1. Six Ways To Increase The Value Of Your Business

By: John Brown, Forbes

In recent posts, I’ve described several value drivers or characteristics that give your business the enduring strength, profitability and increasing cash flow that make it more fun for you to own today and more attractive to buyers some day in the future.

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  1. How Recurring Revenue Increases Business Value

By: Bob House, INC. Magazine

You've spent years building a successful small business. As you begin to plan your exit strategy, you conduct a formal valuation and discover that your company isn't worth nearly as much as you hoped.

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