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Important considerations when selling your business
- April 4, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Categories: Creative Business Services Posts, John Foster, Michael Schwantes
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Michael Schwantes of Creative Business Services / CBS-Global joined John Foster on his radio program, Just The Facts, on WOMT to discuss Important Considerations When Selling Your Business
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What Kind of Buyers are You Most Likely to Meet?
- April 3, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Category: Seller Articles
Selling a business can be an exciting and rather lucrative time. But going through the sales process means embracing the notion that you’ll have to be very prepared for whatever might be thrown your way. A key aspect of preparing to sell your business is to know what types of buyers you’re likely to encounter.
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Say Cheese! “Click”
- April 2, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Categories: Creative Business Services Posts, Darren Harrington
Being a native of Wisconsin, I have grown up working on farms, building pole barns, cleaning stalls and milking cows. Being closer to the soil can really give you an appreciation for how products get to market, wrapped and on the shelf, especially when you represent an M&A firm. I specialize in industrial development and
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Seller be Prepared
- March 27, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Categories: Bob Wolter's Cheese and Dairy Blog, Creative Business Services Posts
The buyers in this market are trending to be very careful and diligent in their approach because the tell-tale signs of an economic slowdown are on the horizon. I have seen much more scrutiny from banks and lenders in their underwriting and the process for financing a deal is becoming more demanding in mitigating any
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New Owners Mobil 310 Mart in Manitowoc
- March 25, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Categories: Creative Business Services Posts, John Foster
John Foster, Business Intermediary with Creative Business Services / CBS-Global has announced the sale of Mobil 310 Mart, 1108 State Highway 310, Manitowoc, WI. Scott and Tammy Engstrom have owned and operated Mobil 310 Mart for 22 years. The new owners, Busdev Adhikari and Shobha Sharma of Sheboygan Oil and Marketing LLC own many other
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New Year’s Resolutions & Selling Your Business
- March 20, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Category: Seller Articles
Most people fail to keep their New Year’s Resolutions. But where buying and selling a business is concerned, failing to keep those resolutions could mean an abundance of lost opportunity. Todd Ganos at Forbes recently penned a thought-provoking article entitled The 8 New Year’s Resolutions for the Sale of Your Business. In this article, he
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Can We Get More Done in Our Lives or is This Just a Myth?
- March 11, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Categories: Creative Business Services Posts, Mike Van
The key question from this article is “Are you treating every minute of your day equally”? The article explores and asks each one of us if we treat the minute we crawl out of bed differently than the minute we take on a challenge. Do we stretch minutes or do we rush minutes? As a
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Confidentiality Agreements: What are the Most Important Elements?
- March 6, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Category: Seller Articles
Every business has to be concerned about maintaining confidentiality. In fact, it is common for business owners to become somewhat obsessed with confidentiality when they are getting ready to sell their business. It goes without saying that owners don’t want the word that they are selling to spread to the public, employees or most certainly
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18 Commercial Real Estate Trends to Dominate in 2019
- March 6, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Categories: Creative Business Services Posts, Josh Phillips
Already in February commercial real estate is off to a great start. Industrial real estate demand soared to new heights in 2018 and continues to grow in 2019 too fueled largely by ecommerce companies and an economy that’s healthier now than it has been in a long time. Many are on the lookout now for
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10 Steps to Prepare Your Business for a Sale
- March 2, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Category: Seller Articles
Selling your business is like nothing else you will ever do. The stakes are high. The investment is massive. The potential payoff is great. Much of what happens next depends on how well you prepare your business for a transition. Here are 10 steps for getting the most out of a business sale: Ensure
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Small businesses sold up for 2nd year in a row – a trend continuing through 2019.
- February 27, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Categories: Creative Business Services Posts, Josh Phillips
In 2018, BizBuySell.com, an online market for small businesses, reported a 4% increase in businesses sold since 2017, and a 31% increase over businesses sold in 2016. The number of businesses sold has been the highest the last 3 years since BizBuySell.com began tracking sales in 2007. This is attributed to a healthier economy and
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Goodwill and Its Importance to Your Business
- February 27, 2019
- Posted by: Sasa
- Category: Seller Articles
What exactly does the term “goodwill” mean when it comes to buying or selling a business? Usually, the term “goodwill” is a reference to all the effort that a seller puts into a business over the years that he or she operates that business. In a sense, goodwill is the difference between an array of