Pre-Sale Due Diligence

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  1. Due Diligence: Your Last Chance to Negotiate

    2. By: Ed Powers, Inc. Magazine

    For many entrepreneurs, the most dreaded part of selling their business is due diligence. After a letter of intent is signed and a price range agreed to, the buyer usually has the right to dig into the business to confirm what they know and to find out what they don't know.

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  2. Pre-Sale Due Diligence, Chapter 3, Sell Your Business For An Outrageous Price

    3. By: Kevin Short, Clayton Capital Partners

    Due diligence as a concept is simple: Buyers despise risk and do all they can to reduce it. So during due diligence buyers ask for every document that they deem necessary to assure themselves that the acquisitions they are considering are worth what the sellers represent them to be.

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  3. Deal or No Deal? Here Are 7 Ways Due Diligence Can Help Before a Final Commitment

    By: Martin Zwilling, Entrepreneur Magazine

    Most entrepreneurs work long and hard to get a handshake agreement from an investor, and then tend to relax and wait for the check to clear. What they don't realize is that about half the investment deals fail to close at this stage, including mergers and acquisitions, during the due diligence process.

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  4. 20 Key Due Diligence Activities In A Merger and Acquisition Transaction

    5. By: Richard Harroch, Forbes

    Mergers and acquisitions typically involve a substantial amount of due diligence by the buyer. Before committing to the transaction, the buyer will want to ensure that it knows what it is buying and what obligations it is assuming, the nature and extent of the target company's contingent liabilities, problematic contracts, litigation risks and intellectual property issues, and much more.

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  5. Navigator 329: Pre-Sale Due Diligence

    6. By: Kevin Short, Clayton Capital Partners

    This article is for those who have ever given thought to selling their companies to a third party. In order for you to attract a buyer to your company, you must engage in the pre=sale due diligence process well before your anticipated departure date.

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