Selling a Business – How to create value and increase your valuation when selling your business

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting, Growing and Selling a business

Selling a business requires careful planning – it is not something that you can ‘worry about when you come to it’.

Nevertheless, most entrepreneurs live for the exciting time of launching the business, without considering how they will leave it. They are filled with adrenalin and inspiration, but then sooner or later they find themselves stuck. The business relies on them and they have no clue of how they will exit.

Are you prepared for selling your business?
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Even if you have no intention of selling your business any time soon, selling a business requires years of preparation to ensure that you get the maximum valuation. When it comes to entrepreneurs, this becomes even more important because they don’t want to stay in one business, and they also want a decent payout for their hard work.

Start by determining where you currently reside in the business journey – how far away your exit is, and how much work you need to do to get there. Read more...

Maximise the Value before Selling a Business

Many business owners try to sell a business before it is ‘finished’, and as a result only receive a fraction of its true value.

Building value in your business can take years – you need to know what your drivers of value are so you can start using them in your business now. 

Building value is not just about profits, but also about whether the new owner will be able to run the business successfully without you there – and this must be planned for.  Read more…

Ready to sell, but not sure how?

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Are you running a profitable business but unsure how to realise the full value of your business?

Through simple but effective strategies and management of revenue, margin, overheads, and ultimately the business multiple, this program will support you in Adding Another Zero to your business. Read more…