Pinpointing the Right Buyer



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  1. Identify Potential Buyers, Chapter 5, Sell Your Business For An Outrageous Price
  2. By: Kevin Short, Clayton Capital Partners
    All investment bankers can provide sellers with lists of prospective buyers. Most firms do a generic search using purchased databases to create those lists. To succeed, both the Proactive Sale Strategy and Outrageous Price Process require a more refined approach.

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  3. Selling Your Business and Maximizing Proceeds
  4. By: B2B CFO
    The sale of your business may be one of the most important financial transactions of your career and perhaps, could be a significant life experience as well. Such a transaction could give rise to a windfall and proceeds which are incredibly significant versus the proceeds that you may realize from decades of running the business itself.

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  5. How Synergy Affects Price - Business valuation
  6. By: Echelbarger, Himebaugh, Tamm & Co., P.C.
    When selling a business, there are some buyers who would be willing to pay a premium above the fair market of the business on a controlling basis.

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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.


The reasons for our success are simple: We understand our clients' expectations and believe in exceeding them.


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